Memorializing a Mother Who Fueled Lives With Spritz Cookies

The story behind the sweetest grave in Brooklyn

Photo via Green-Wood Cemetery tweet.

Naomi Odessa Miller-Dawson’s grave in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is marked by a three-foot-tall piece of stone carved to resemble an open book. Etched into the pages for all eternity is a recipe for spritz cookies. But what do measurements of butter, flour, and eggs say about a…