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Just click the link in the show description to support now. Welcome to the secret life of cookies, where we try to solve the world's problems

through the miracle of carbohydrates one recipe at a time with host Marissa

Rothkof and her dog Bosko. I'm Marissa Roadkop, the host of the secret life of cookies.

Welcome to our second episode. A recap for those who don't know me.

I'm a professional food writer who has done everything

from restaurant reviews for the New York Times

to writing a column on kitchen gadgets for Newsweek.

And I also teach journalism at Monclare State University,

right here in beautiful New Jersey.

I'm researching a book on the history of the American kitchen

because I think there's no better

place to tell the story of a country than in the place where let's face it everything has happened,

you know, remember in the olden days when you had parties in your house?

Do you remember where all your guests ended up?

Yep, the kitchen.

So at the secret life of cookies,

we want to bring you into the kitchen for conversation and of course baked goods.

This week I had the true pleasure of speaking with therapist and author Dr. Mary Trump.

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