Tiny Grandma
Marie Hart
Marie modeled Tiny Grandma after her mom. “My mom is a character in real life. She is constantly feeding everyone and giving my kids cash. When I finished graduate school, she told everyone I was a doctor. I’m not a doctor.”
Peter Heacock
Pete learned to cook Korean food when Pete and Marie got married. It started with wanting to make a better Thanksgiving turkey for the Asian family (they had an extra-large crockpot just for Thanksgiving- it made a very wet turkey), and grew into learning to make the perfect Kimchi to impress the aunts.
The Inspiration
Tiny Grandma looks like my mom. But she is modeled after my mom, my Halmi, my many aunts and cousins. I grew up surrounded by Korean women.
My mom, grandma, aunts, uncles, and cousins came to the United States in the late 70s. I (Marie) was the first one born on US soil.