[sseagull]

My favorite: talking about how this recipe helped you cope with the September 11 attacks (although this intro is shorter than a lot that I have seen).

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017089-maple-shortbread...

[zerocrates]

It ran in the paper 8 days after 9/11... seems pretty reasonable to me. In much the same vein as the rush by many to baking now.

[mattkrause]

The "9/11 content" is also literally four sentences long. One sentence also introduces the recipe contributor, while another describes the original source she adapted it from.

It's not particularly gratuitous, especially given the date and location.