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So politics and economics, which are taught separately, they shouldn't be separated at all.

I think you have to understand one to really appreciate the other.

So what is the right amount of government in our lives?

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Hey, it's Mariel.

Okay, picture this.

You're in the kitchen making chicken cutlets.

And you've got a kid in the house, your child or your niece or nephew, your grandkid.

And they come up to you while you're wrist deep in egg, raw chicken, and breadcrumbs and say something like,

you want to look at my drawing? Or you want to play catch? Or I'm hungry. Or can I watch Bluey? Now, do you tell them to go in the other

room and play? Or do you get them involved? As any adult who takes care of a child knows,

getting food on the table is a big part of the job. And often while we're doing that,

the kids are in the other room, waiting to eat. That's something's something professional chef David Nefeld is trying to change with his cookbook.

Dad, what's for dinner?

For me, what the essence of the book is is about how to reconnect with our families while

everybody is in separate rooms, doing separate things on separate devices.

You know, the kitchen can be the great unifier.

David could have written a very different cookbook.

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