Hi guys, how are you? First thing I want to say: “Thank you for making my cookie mixes fly off the shelves in just a few weeks of operation.” I was hoping for a big turn out,…
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And Just Like That, Things Have Changed
As a child, one of my favorite stories was Mary Poppins. I have asked myself why, over the years, and I finally understood that there is something in the deep ache I feel when she…
Expectations, Nora Ephron, & the Summer Ahead
Hi guys, I am writing this from a tire shop on Van Nuys Blvd — a screw got stuck in my front right tire. Thankfully, it’s an easy and free fix, but I hadn’t expected…
13 Years in Los Angeles, The Italian Cookie, and The “Odds” of Life
Vultures don’t have feathers on their heads. They eat dead meat, which is messy; the absence of feathers helps them stay clean. I read this in the Little Kids First Big Book of Why, with…
Labels, Culinary Boxes, and Making Myself
Hi guys, This is a very exciting newsletter for me to write, and not just because my new culinary endeavor is around the corner; it is exciting because, when I least expected it, I began…