People really sunk their teeth into it. Like sure a lot of folks tried to make the same sandwich later but then people who were like "but what if it was a soup. Or a cake" came in and that's when things got really interesting

(checks watch) Two years and I'm still at zero

I love them

that's how they getcha 🫩

spoiler alert: burnt pep and a floppy crust (affectionate)

lil marty....he's a babyman...

Hm. Borrow someone's Jacuzzi?

a perfectly cooked nepty. but at what cost

I took so many lessons from that character. I visualized her like a big sister and took cues from what she did to become more of a person. Absolutely one of my most formative books from childhood.

if you're interested, I'd highly recommend The Star Fisher by Laurence Yep. I read that book as a kid and it completely changed my brain chemistry in terms of cultural "defaults". It does the thing where it italicizes the foreign language-- the ENGLISH, not the Chinese. I love it.