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In the first months after my husband, Erik, died while mountain climbing in 2014, I spent much of my time shuffling about my sister's house in a teary, sleepless haze. I wore rumpled variations of pajamas or sweats every day, and I had no appetite — everything I tried to eat tasted like the color grey. Prior to the accident that took his life, before I knew the term "young widow," I had loved food.