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More Than a Muffin

What if the secret to unlocking your life stories isn’t hiding in a dusty journal—but in your kitchen?

In this episode, I take you into my grandmother’s kitchen for Nana Muffins, then into my own for a Thanksgiving turkey that’s been part of my family for 30 years. Along the way, I’ll show you how food can be one of the most powerful tools in memoir writing.

Food isn’t just sustenance—it’s memory, history, and love served up on a plate. When you write about what you ate, you’re really writing about who gathered, who taught you, who loved you, and who you were at that moment in time.

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