Your Free Turkey Soup Recipe Is Inside 🧡

Hello Reader, It's Yukari!

It’s almost the holiday season, and everywhere you look, retailers are shouting about Black Friday.
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But whether you're preparing for a cozy night in or hosting the whole crew, I hope you take a little moment to pull up a chair at our kitchen table today. 🧡

Marge’s Magic: How One Thanksgiving Changed the Way I Cook

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My first Thanksgiving with Aric’s mom, Marge, is burned into my memory (not the burned-down house I originally imagined. 🤣), and not just because it was my first time seeing a whole turkey in person. 😅

She cooked everything.
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The turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce…
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All the classics I’d only seen in American movies.
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Definitely not something I grew up eating in Japan.

I tasted everything, and when I told her it was all delicious, she smiled in that same warm way my dear friend Terumi used to—the person who first showed me what joyful cooking could feel like.

But the moment that really changed me came the next morning.

While the rest of us slept in, Marge was already moving around the kitchen.

The turkey meat was gone, but the bones were simmering in a pot.

She handed me coffee and said,

“Wanna try this, Yukari?”

It was the simplest soup.
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A Homemade turkey stock poured over shredded dark turkey meat and tiny acini di pepe pasta.
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I didn’t even know you could make soup from bones like that.

Later that afternoon, while we were watching a football game, she set out veggie sticks, dip, and tiny turkey sliders.
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Just turkey, mayo, salt, pepper, and buns.
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Simple. Smart.
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So effortless it felt like magic.

It reminded me of how Julia Child introduced French cooking to American home cooks.
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Approachable, generous, full of life.
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But this time, Marge opened the door for me to a new way of cooking with a gigantic turkey.
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And unknowingly taught me the beauty of repurposing meals, of cooking from instinct, of not wasting a thing.

And something in me woke up.

I wanted to cook like that.

I wanted to learn...
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That part’s coming in our next newsletter. 🧡

🎁 Your Freebie: Day-After Turkey Soup

If you’re cooking a turkey this year (or sneaking home leftovers), here’s the cozy soup that started everything for me.

👉 Download the Turkey Soup Recipe​

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With flavor & friendship,
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Aric & Yukari
🐶🐱 (Senna & Ka-En are here for the scraps, as always)
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