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I was looking forward to this when you posted on IG and you don’t disappoint! I’ve been getting so mad about this shit for so long that I barely register the endless hamburger parade of bullshit. It’s exhausting!!!

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This is great!! As I was veganizing all the NYT Cookie Week cookies in December I kept thinking about this, too, like, in this day and age to have no one, not one person, be like "Here's a cookie that doesn't rely on tons of mass-produced eggs and butter," is a...choice. Not to say my reliance on coconut oil for veganizing is a sustainability dream or anything, but it just struck me that the NYT could use the opportunity of a big Holiday Cookie Week to talk about climate, creativity, etc. But they would definitely prefer not to.

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Feb 3Liked by Jon Randell Smith

was he paid to write-up a 2000s' burger commercial?!

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Lol at the exclamation mark bit! I really appreciate your critique of food journalism, it’s a nice pair with some things I’m thinking about where the writing I want to do fits with the bigger picture. My training is in journalism but It doesn’t really fit with what I want to do anymore. Trying to get my thoughts to coalesce 🤨

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Feb 4Liked by Jon Randell Smith

Okay I just spit out my salad reading the lubricated comment. Good piece, and thanks closing with a little levity.

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I really appreciate your comment, thank you! I love your writing and think you’re on the right path – FWIW I feel like when we’re uncomfortable and uncertain that’s a sign that we’re digging in the right spot

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🤣 🥗

Thank you, we need every laugh we can get these days!

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