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Mar 22Liked by TW Lim

LOVE embracing Grandma cooking, LOVE Popups (my new focus, LOVE that we Clearly should get together and talk about doing something in my Dragon Lair Kitchen. NMext week, let's talk. Another great piece, obvi.

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Thanks! I'd dig that - will swing by!

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Mar 23Liked by TW Lim

your food passion is exhilarating! sorry not sorry about your layoff.

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Just means more time to get in trouble.

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thank you. nature is always refreshing

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Mar 22Liked by TW Lim

So sorry about your layoff. Wish I weren’t across the country from your kueh.

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Mar 22Liked by TW Lim

So sorry about the layoff. I know it bruised your wallet but hopefully not your ego. Grandma and the worn brass molds really beautiful.

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Mar 22Liked by TW Lim

Another brilliant column, though I am sorry about the layoff, that dreaded soul-sucking full-stop. I know whereof you speak.

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Thank you! Newspapers... good grief!

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Newspapers I left voluntarily after more than 2 decades. But not the nonprofit (Covid) and the biotech startup (investor/VC cold feet). Looking for the next gig.

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I really want to buy a big coffee table book with your essays on one page and glossy food photography on the other

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Aww... this food doesn't photograph well is the problem. That's very high production value though. Maybe too high. =)

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Illustrations would work! I greatly enjoy your writing, and I still think about the meal that Erik and I had at your place. 🙏

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