Nellie Says These Are Good

A recipe.

My grandma, who was an excellent cook.

Back before celebrity chef cookbooks,

and a fixation on food porn

with painfully self-conscious artful photos of food,

and hard-to-find ingredients,

and special dietary needs and fads,

and foodies telling personal life stories as a faux gourmandise,

Nellie told my grandma Helen that the Oatmeal Icebox Cookies were g…