“If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that life is packed with absurd hardships and blindsiding betrayals. Which is precisely why I refuse to let the kitchen become another courtroom. We need some levity here.
Obsessing over a flawless recipe with a furrowed brow is just a poor use of time. I’d rather pour myself a glass of red wine and just laugh it off: ‘Forgive me, but Mama opted for a strategic shortcut tonight.’ It’s called survival.
Look at me. Relying on the freezer section isn’t going to trigger the apocalypse. We’ll get through this.”