Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Bobcat
Mountain Lion
Rattlesnake
Jackrabbit
Turkey Vultures (in our driveway!)

I can't remember where I found it, but this is the same recipe. m.facebook.com/groups/10769...

I'm going to look up a recipe.

Also, there has to be something as easy as, but way better than, green beans. but I have yet to find it. I do have a Brussels sprouts recipe so good my son likes it, but it's much more time consuming to make.

When I was at school (decades ago!) in Charlottesville, a restaurant across the street from campus made a chocolate pecan pie. I have NEVER had another dessert that was so filling, but SO delicious you absolutely had to eat the whole thing.

Substitute walnuts for pecans in the pie. For some reason (at least for me, in my oven), the filling takes longer to cook, so all the sugar caramelizes around the walnuts and is amazing. And, yes. it's worth the exposed crust getting a little crispy.

Exactly!

OMG, I never realized it till you just said it. Totally!

Exactly. Or "What is it you're afraid of?"

There's not much that's within my power to help. But if you're a former Teen Vogue employee affected by the layoffs and you want to write a book, get in touch. I'm happy to talk through the process with you or connect you with a colleague who might want to represent that kind of project.