I'm Francis Lamb and this is The Splendid Table from APM.

You know, a few years ago, my life changed when I became the host of this show.

And I have been so thankful to you, our listeners, for making me feel welcome.

And I couldn't be more thankful to our founding host, too.

Lynn Rosetta Caspier not only started The Splendent Table 25 years ago, but she made me,

and I was just a fan of the show,

right? But she made me feel like I should be the one to take it over from her. And, you know,

her life changed too. We've checked in with each other a bit over the years, and I've gotten to hear what her passions have been in retirement, but as we've been doing shows, answering listeners cooking questions, so many of you have called in to ask,

hey, how's Lynn been doing?

How's she hanging in through all this?

That we asked her to join us for the hour.

We're going to just dive right in.

Hey, Lynn.

Hey, Francis.

This is wild. I, Lynn. Hey, Francis. This is wild. I have been so looking forward to talking with you.

And, you know, I wish we were catching up under more normal circumstances, but here we are.

And I actually thought, instead of me starting this out, I figured I would start with a listener's question because I think she sums up what so many people want to know right now.

Hi, I'm calling in with a question from Lynn. We've been to so much, Lynn. I'm just wondering

what has been keeping you busy in your retirement? Have you learned any new

fun cooking skills? Have you taken on any cool projects that you can enlighten us with?

I hope you're enjoying yourself and taking care of yourself and we miss you. Bye-bye.

Oh, that's nice. I'd tell you, we got so many calls like that, that it just felt like I don't need to ask you

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