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Think of ingredients like household cats – if they’re helping, you can always add more.

The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food you can make so you don't die by Zilla Novikov, Rachel A. Rosen

August 28, 2023 by Emmalita 8 Comments

We wish we could come into all your homes and take care of you. But that’s called “breaking and entering” and apparently it’s illegal? Cooking is one of the greatest and most consistent joys of my life. Even so, there are times when I have so little energy that the best I can do is the bare minimum. Since I am white knuckling my way through life with chronic depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and a neuro-spicy brain, I have certain staples that I keep on […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Depression, no spoons cooking, The Sad Bastard Cookbook, Zilla Novikov, Rachel A. Rosen

Emmalita's CBR15 Review No:77 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: Depression, no spoons cooking, The Sad Bastard Cookbook, Zilla Novikov, Rachel A. Rosen ·
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