Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

A Note from Me

Learning to Love the Way I Am

Before You Begin, a Suggestion

Hot Spinach and Crab Dip

The Clock Is Ticking

Bami Goreng

Enough Already

The World’s Best Eggs

Soft Scrambled Eggs

My Wallabees

Nonnie’s Rolling Pin

Love Cake

Sicilian Chocolate Love Cake

The Way Leon Looks at Me

Upside-Down Citrus Cake

Secret Ingredients

No Time Like Today

A Room with a View

The Twenty-One Gram Diet

Bubba and Beau

Blessings

My Mother’s Recipe Box

My Mom’s Lasagna

Learning How to Listen

Tuna Egg Salad Melts

I Don’t Know How Much Longer We Have

Scrolling Happy

A New Season

The Little Girl Needs a Hug

The House I Want to Die In

Learning to Love the Way I Am Today

Pizza, Please

Acknowledgments

Recipe Index

Photo Section

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher