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Always Make Enough to Share
Always Make Enough to Share

This wisdom comes from Jedd, one of the best people I know. His connection to family is palpable, and I am honored that he passed his mother's advice onto us.

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Collective Food WisdomGina LorubbioAugust 26, 20202020
Never Clean Up While Guests Are There
Never Clean Up While Guests Are There

This wisdom comes from Beth, a woman from my home state of Ohio who really knows her food!

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Collective Food WisdomGina LorubbioAugust 19, 20202020
Recipes are General Guidelines
Recipes are General Guidelines

This week’s wisdom is from Drew who writes, "I was born and raised in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a place where people cooked everything and every meal.”

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Collective Food WisdomGina LorubbioAugust 12, 20202020
Eat Your Biggest Meal Early in the Day
Eat Your Biggest Meal Early in the Day

This piece comes from Dan "The Ice Cream Man" McDaniel, a self-titled "Resident Chocoholic" who refers to me as "Gina Gelato" (very accurate). You can see why we get along.

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Collective Food WisdomGina LorubbioAugust 5, 20202020
Keep it Simple. Simple Can Be Delicious, Too.
Keep it Simple. Simple Can Be Delicious, Too.

This piece of advice was given as part of a community potluck for a class I taught called The Power of Food. I'm not 100% sure, but judging by the original handwriting, I'm guessing it was contributed by Michelle Jones, founder of Wayfinding Academy.

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Collective Food WisdomGina LorubbioJuly 29, 20202020
Sandwiches Are Only Limited by Imagination
Sandwiches Are Only Limited by Imagination

This piece of advice was given as part of a community potluck for a class I taught called The Power of Food. If you, the author, are reading this—thank you for contributing!

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Collective Food WisdomGina LorubbioJuly 22, 20202020
Be Had By the Best
Be Had By the Best

This tip comes from Molly, a dear member of the Heirloom Food community whom I had the pleasure of meeting on a cross-country road trip in 2017.

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Collective Food WisdomGina LorubbioJuly 15, 20202020
Breakfast is Important, Make Delishious
Breakfast is Important, Make Delishious

A young girl named Mea stopped by one of my past art shows and dropped this wisdom bomb. She was awesome.

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Collective Food WisdomGina LorubbioJuly 8, 20202020
We Eat from the Same Bowl
We Eat from the Same Bowl

For the 4th of July, this apt wisdom comes from Dan, a farmer, baker, and brewer in the Adirondacks.

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Collective Food WisdomGina LorubbioJuly 4, 20202020
Freeze Garlic and Ginger
Freeze Garlic and Ginger

This piece was collected during a potluck that was part of a Lab I taught at Wayfinding Academy called The Power of Food.

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Collective Food WisdomGina LorubbioJuly 1, 20202020
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Anyone else cry over paperwork? Just me? 

The tears are not from frustration (those are reserved for taxes), but rather the heaviness of raising my child in a land that’s not my own. 

Today, it was the form for acquiring his social security n
Living in Another Language
(An Impromptu Essay)

Today I met with a dear friend. After we said our farewells in Danish, I turned to head home, and my brain untangled. My shoulders exhaled. My mind, after chasing down one word after another, went stil
One year ago, my baby was born. In honor of the day, I give you Part 3 of my birth story (link in bio). 

Happy Birthday, Viggo! ❤️ 

(P.s. Writing this all out was quite the process. I had a lot of extra thoughts that didn’t find a place in th
Part 2 of my birth story is up (follow link in bio). 

This part of the story is half joy, half despair. Writing it made me realize how ever-present and smothering the threat of COVID was in Spring 2020, and how that colored my birth. 

Give it a rea