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Ashley Swartzendruber's avatar

I love your writing so much and secret lunches are sacred...I'm about to pick up takeout from one of my favorite bars and eat it ALONE (with strangers sitting nearby but you know what I mean) while my daughter is in her dance class. And those meals eaten under a blanket after the kids are in bed are like nothing else...sacred!

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Jeanelle Hayner Olson's avatar

Omg solo bar food enjoyment! An elite Secret Lunch 🍔

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Erin Drain's avatar

Good gravy do I love your writing, as I have loved my own Secret Lunches and our shared Secret Shrimp Cocktail Lunches, too. Your loving description of how to coax the right sauce from the pesto-pasta water has given me renewed initiative, and a friendlier glance toward the walnuts in my fridge. Are walnuts the archetypal Secret Lunch ingredient? Scowling, tannic, bitter, sweet and meaty, versatile, truly not for everyone? <3

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Jeanelle Hayner Olson's avatar

Do it! Also the Costco Nut Stash is definitely the move 🌰

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