I love the bold acknowledgement that great feasts and great food & drink will necessarily involve a certain amount of cheating on one's diet... although it doesn't need to be egregious. Healthy ingredients and fantastic taste are not mutually exclusive. So much about your story is so interesting, Jessie. From food-insecurity to food-abundance, from the austere discipline of years of ballet to the effusive embrace of "a little coffee, a little cake, a little kibbitz" (and blintzes, kugels, latkes, etc. too of course, and much more apparently) -even the shift from silent dance to constant talking as a foodie influencer- there's been such dramatic transformation from one era of your life to the next. Fascinating. "choreographing recipes and tablescapes for food experiences" is a cool idea too. Glad your book offers hope to bring disparate people together over fine food!
I love the bold acknowledgement that great feasts and great food & drink will necessarily involve a certain amount of cheating on one's diet... although it doesn't need to be egregious. Healthy ingredients and fantastic taste are not mutually exclusive.
So much about your story is so interesting, Jessie. From food-insecurity to food-abundance, from the austere discipline of years of ballet to the effusive embrace of "a little coffee, a little cake, a little kibbitz" (and blintzes, kugels, latkes, etc. too of course, and much more apparently) -even the shift from silent dance to constant talking as a foodie influencer- there's been such dramatic transformation from one era of your life to the next. Fascinating.
"choreographing recipes and tablescapes for food experiences" is a cool idea too.
Glad your book offers hope to bring disparate people together over fine food!