Dan Pelosi

I find it just the thing that keeps me alive and keeps me happy.

I might have like not, you know, had a great day at the gym or like, you know, jumped off my Peloton like 10 minutes early.

Those are not easy wins for me.

Making myself dinner or having my friends over, it's an easy win.

I mean, it started day one.

I was born into an Italian-American and Portuguese-American family.

So it was sort of my birthright.

My mother tells stories of having me on the counter as a baby, sort of, you know, hanging out with her while she cooked.

And I would just sort of happily be there.

And then as I grew, I would be helping her cook.

And I was sort of the official taste tester.

And I remember my grandfather saying, do you think the marinara is done?

And I would always say no, because I didn't want to stop tasting it.

Being in the kitchen and cooking is like kind of an easy win.

Like, I think that's why it's relaxing to me.

Like, I'm pretty much like never bummed out or disappointed with what I make because I'm like, this is like a fun space for me.

It's like a safe space.

The wins are easy for me in the kitchen.

And for me, it's never about the result.

Like, what do I learn from the result?