A Celebration for Coming Home: Roasted Beet and Herb Bechamel Lasagna

PERSEPHONE’S KITCHEN | Stories, songs and soul-infused food from the kitchen of Ms. Persephone

This lasagna comes out of the oven looking like a late-winter sunset. The roasted beets and fresh herbs take lasagna to whole new horizons.

Years ago, when the twins were about 15, we were invited to a New Year’s Eve party in my hometown of Lexington, Kentucky, where we were visiting my mother, my sisters and their families for the holidays. A friend said he would bring his guitar and we could…