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she writes so beautifully, i love the way the words flow without breaking

prose isnt really hitting so far but this line "When the Law gives you nothing to eat, you turn to the Code. Then at least you can feast on your pride." kinda ate

this is such a chunker of a book, my god

in all my salsa making years i never thought about dicing up lemon to make lemon salsa, this is truly revolutionary. like of course there's mango salsa and pineapple salsa, but lemon??? i have to try this asap

in the fat chapter and the sciencey bits are so interesting, learning about how chemical leavening doesn't fix improperly aerated fat in a batter because it only expands existing air bubbles, and doesnt add introduce new ones. fascinating stuff

honestly some of the most beautiful art and character designs i've seen <3

in the salt chapter and I'm loving the storytelling, essentially boiling down to the message of salt makes things taste more like themselves

only half a month more to the book club and i'm definitely way behind on schedule lmao

reading this for a bookclub 🤩