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How can a god-fearing Catholic, immigrant mother and her godless, bohemian daughter possibly find common ground? FOOD WAS HER COUNTRY is the story of a mother, her queer daughter and their tempestuous culinary relationship. From accounts of 1970s' macrobiotic potlucks to a dangerous mother-daughter road trip in search of lunch, this book is funny, dark and tender in turn.Bociurkiw's Ukraine-born mother is a devotee of the Food Channel and a consummate cook. When she gets cancer of the larynx, she must learn how to eat and speak all over again. Her daughter learns how to feed her mother, but, more crucially, how to let her mother feed her. FOOD WAS HER COUNTRY explores a daughter's journey of grieving and reconciliation, uncovering the truth of her relationship with her mother only after her death.