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Happy Birthday Alison! šŸ„‚ We’re almost birthday twins (one day apart), and I enjoy piggy backing on your birthday treat ideas. My bro is flying East from the CA West Coast, and I am making dinner for us on Thursday night. He loves a whole roasted chicken (we do your buttered tomato and oregano chicken together a lot), so I’m excited to try making this for him with all the fresh herbs and lettuces and Vietnamese-ish style. Yay! Wish me luck; it will be my first solo ā€œrealā€ (outdoor, gas) grill experience.

Re: jalapeƱos, a friend who is an amazing home cook (she gifted me Dining In, which was my first introduction to you) said she read that growers and supermarkets were breeding the spice out of jalapeƱos. Wondering if you have heard this too? Any truth there? (I know they can vary in spice level, but most of mine lately, as you said in this newsletter, are closer to plain or a slightly zippy green pepper).

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