from some sauce she’s inventing.
Once, she cried because her hollandaise lacked emotional depth.
I still don’t understand that.
But I adore her for it.
Ava doesn’t simply enjoy cooking.
She wants to become a chef.
She studies restaurant reviews the way other teenagers scroll TikTok.
She discusses mise en place like philosophy.
She’s already researching culinary schools and deciding between pastry and savory cooking.
At seventeen, she’s facing the same family criticism I endured.
They call her interest cute.
Predict she’ll outgrow it.
Claim she’s too sensitive for professional
