When Mashed Potatoes Are the Gateway to Bigger Family Talks
I’m not the first voice to plead that we never go back to normal
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6 min readJan 4, 2021
Whether smooth as silk and ribboned with butter, a lumpy volcano erupting with brown gravy, or a glorious mess of skins, garlic, and parsley, you’d think mashed potatoes were the side-dish equivalent of a peace treaty.