Hello friends and welcome to the Mini Edit from Edit Your Life.

In these Snacks Size mini episodes, I answer your questions about everything from self-care

to parenting to relationships to home and more.

Think of me like that friend you text or call when you need a quick piece of compassionate

and candid advice.

Send me your questions.

Today's mini is about my recipe binder system.

I have shared casually about this system on social media,

and there's often a lot of conversation about it and a lot of questions.

And over the holidays, I had a realization about this system

that compelled me to want to make it

into a mini episode.

So here's a little history on my system.

A lot of people are surprised when they hear that I did not learn to cook or bake until after

college.

I mean, the reality was our childhood home was filled to overflowing with people.

I'm one of seven siblings. It was a

multi-generational household. We had immigrant relatives staying with us on the regular, and the kitchen

was not spacious. So my mom was definitely the queen of that domain. And so after I graduated from

college, I was so excited to finally eat something other than bagels, and I grew

very curious about making food. And something that felt like a major signal of adulting in that

phase of life was getting my first magazine subscriptions, which included Bon Appetit and Martha

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