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My mother stopped cooking.

Not all at once — slowly, over a few years. She’d been the holiday cook for thirty-odd years. Cannelloni on Christmas Eve, lamb at Easter, and Wellington in years when the oven cooperated. When she eventually stepped back, my siblings and I realized we’d inherited a taste for recipes that mostly didn’t exist.

Your Kitchen is the companion newsletter to Slay the Holiday — a cookbook about taking over the kitchen you only visit, honoring what came before, and making it your own. I’m writing the book now. I’m sharing the stories, the recipes, and the reconstruction process here as I go.

The book launches on Mother’s Day 2027. Subscribe to follow along — and get the free Cannelloni Teaser when it drops in January.

— Juliana