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This is so, so beautiful, Julia. Always in awe of the way you look at the world. So much love to you.

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Thank you, again, for your beautiful reflections on this process as well, and for the nudge it served for me to put this essay out in the world. Love you too!

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❤️❤️❤️

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If only we could all be so fortunate as to cook with ghosts. Moving and relatable.

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Beautiful essay. My wife and daughter are making a drink in the counter now from the pineapple skins. I forget the name. I love the metaphor of food and ghosts and finding renewal at a time of loss.

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Thanks for your kind words! It sounds like they're making tepache: one of my summer favorites.

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