oh man. alison... i feel so lonely & confused here. 'cuz i like me some anchovies and i LOVE savory, sour, briney, salty, mouth-slapping flavors, mis-matching dishes, cheese for days & feeding folks as an expression of love even out of a crappy small apartment (most of my life...) & i mainly just dig your whole approach to life ("food is delicious & stop trying to be thin... just start trying to be happy")...& your whole approach to food ("like, make what you want, don't make what ya DON'T want ya jack-asses!")...& your whole approach to 'entertaining' ("have people you don't hate stop by & nosh on stuff -- you don't have to wear a bra if you don't want to").... & especially your approach to having made some ill-chosen comments in the cancel-culture-y world we live in, where - in truth - we all have to kinda be more thoughtful about each other & our own lens (" i acknowledge my privilege & i definitely need to do some learning, some listening & growing here...").... so.... ALL OF THIS I FIND ADMIRABLE IN YOU, MY FRIEND. ..... But...... BUT.....but.... ( * lowers to a frightened whisper* ).... (...puts on Groucho Glasses so as to be unrecognizable...) ..... i ... i ... really don't like dill. and i like celery EVEN LESS. .... the things i like least to eat in your cookbooks are: dill, celery, mushrooms (fine pureed but no rubbery stuff in my cute little mouth). .... so....... WHAT DO I DO, WHERE DO I GO, WHERE DO I BELONG? .....anyway. I just wanted to be totally honest with you. I love your stuff. But its like starting a reallly cool relationship w/ a really, really cool guy, who announces that he has some kink that you just ... can't... quite... get with.... & you're like... "but i don't wanna lose all the cool potential here...."...... (is that analogy working? i hope my mom doesn't see it).. anyway. peace, kiddo. i gotta go write an article about the latest mass shooting. my heart hurts. food & loved ones are needed at this time. so - do your thing, alison. x. (sophiaevangeline@gmail.com... & on FaceBook: "Mary Hampson Patterson"). :)