A few days after her death in 2022, I attended the visitation of Clara Muriel Barwick, the cherub-faced woman who taught me to make both applejack hand pies and ambrosia on episodes of A Chef ’s Life. I am fortunate not to have had to spend a lot of time at memorials or funerals, but my parents go to some version at least once a week, so I am familiar with the typical, mostly morose run of show. That’s how I know that Ms. Barwick’s celebration of life was different.
She wore a Wolfpack-red suit on her five-foot frame, which was tucked into a shiny casket, also cherry red.
