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standing there in the kitchen grinning at me. I miss him—miss his laugh, his gait, his whistling, his stories, his presence, the way he kissed my mother goodbye before he left for work, everything.

The truth is this: Daddy’s BBQ sauce is more than just a tangy blend of ingredients in a cool glass bottle. It’s so much bigger than that. It’s his legacy stirred into every batch. And when I hand a bottle to someone and point to his name, I realize food and recipes connect one generation to another and keep the people we’ve loved and lost alive in the most delicious way possible. And that’s the real secret sauce.