Mm.

And be like, "Because it's really about they take care of us, these farmers take care of us, and we have to take care of them." And so there were these stories and these, uh, just tidbits of wisdom and, and love that he would share with me just on these really random Tuesday afternoon at the market really stayed with me now.

So there was just a lot of small things about those days that kinda come to me at random times, things about generosity, caring for people in our community, you know, dealing with people you don't know.

Sometimes people didn't know.

He didn't know them, but they knew him and would come up to ask questions.

And so he was just really a generous man, and I think a lot of that just translated in my head of, like, how do you talk to people? How do you serve others when they serve you? It's not just about you when you're at the market, so forget about your list sometimes and kinda, you know, talk to people and learn something new.

Uh, and so that was just really...

[laughs]

[laughs]

And that's why I wrote Simply Dinner because I feel like a lot of people are in my shoes, where you wanna put dinner on the table fast, but you want it to be good as well.

So, uh, it really just was one of those where I reached in the freezer, found some phyllo dough, and I just pulled it out and let it thaw for a little bit.

And then you just kinda lay the sheets of phyllo down, and it's paper thin, right?

Mm-hmm

...

the Middle East.

Um, and so when I got married 20-some years ago, that was kind of my way to connect with my new mother-in-law.