Then Wow. I’d been going through withdrawal the last few months. You regular readers might remember those Iron Chef Battles? We hit the ground running, and our first event, Battle Basil, was super successful. The group decided to host monthly battles, and so the competitions, er, friendly powwows that involve cooking (potluck style) around a secret theme ingredient, continued. Next up was Battle Coconut, and after that, Battle Strawberry. Things were looking good for those monthly gatherings. And for me especially – I was pumped and ready for battle 4 since my strawberry pizza and strawberry-balsamic tart won first and second place at Battle 3. But then Summer happened. And since over half of us are genetic counselors in our ‘real’ lives, summertime for many of us has translated to spending hours indoors in the confines of a smelly office or overcrowded coffee shop cramming words and concepts like...
