Hot tip: Your "recipe exchange" is really just a chain letter.

I have been very impressed with London Drugs during the pandemic. Girl Guide cookies, first-responder shopping hours and now this. globalnews.ca/news/6880360/l…

I’ve been struggling to read or write anything substantive, so today I started copying out passages I enjoy. Holy cow, it is illuminating to get inside another writer’s words.

I wrote a story about the extraordinary people in the Canuck Place Children's Hospice kitchen in the Spring issue of Edible Vancouver. Digital edition here: indd.adobe.com/view/c4b7eb72-…

I really feel like the people who make cheese strings are vastly overestimating my abilities right now. People, I am feeding my kid an extruded cheese product. I do not have the faculty for this.

Ohhh the irony.

When you take a break from Twitter for months, it's like walking into your high school reunion. I have no idea what to say and I don't get any of the sub tweets.🤨

Belated thanks to forage for their Thanksgiving takeout. We NEVER eat out b/c of allergies, but your team answered my endless questions in detail. It was delicious and we will be ordering again.

While I'm at it, I felt like I was eavesdropping on Ian Rankin and Linwood Barclay at the pub at yesterday's Vancouver Writers Fest session. Made so many notes. Thanks to everyone, that was fun!

Just discovered the part of YouTube that is home workout + dance workout + BTS and I am so here for it.

I always look forward to my weekly dose of Really Good Emails 💌. This one did not disappoint.

I got to be the hero of my kid's class when I shared this super simple recipe for chocolate mug cake. Key point: this tastes like actual cake, not sludge cooked in the microwave. Hat tip Karon Liu (gotta try your lemon version). thestar.com/life/food_wine…