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REUNION | JUNE

In a column first, I have cool news on something done by an alum’s daugh- ter. Kristin (Bruhl) Wu’s 10-year-old daughter, Lauren, created a cookbook with reci- pes from 26 governors that was featured on Time’s website.

Lauren asked every U.S. governor for his or her favorite recipe, and 26 responded (27 if you count Hawaii, which came in past the deadline). American Cooking, the resultant compilation of recipes, includes many regional favorites such as Gov. Martin O’Malley’s crab cakes (Mary- land) and Gov. Rick Scott’s two variations on key lime pie (Florida). If you’re seeking some gubernatorial culinary inspiration, you can pe- ruse the cookbook at http://time.com/3422429/governors-cookbook

Kristin and her family live in San Carlos, California.

Some news-seeking on Facebook this holiday season yielded a photo of Kevin Williams spend- ing Christmas with Steve Reber and family, so I reached out to Kevin and got the following update just in time for my December deadline: “After three kids, eight years of being a stay-at-home dad and getting a master’s in library science, I have finally re-entered the work force. I recently started working as a knowledge management analyst (which is really just a fancy way of say- ing corporate librarian) in Richmond, Virginia. Being at home with three kids under 9 was fun and challenging, but I have to say that I’m extremely happy to be working again (sorry, kids). This past summer I had the pleasure of spending time with Honor Sachs, who was in town doing research at the Library of Virginia, and even had a few visits from my former roommate Steve Reber. Richmond is a fantastic, rapidly growing city and if you’ve never been, come on down and let me know!”

On the home front, I am very excited to an- nounce the launch of my food allergy support group’s new website, www.foodallergyny.com. The site provides information and support for food-allergic families in Westchester County, New York, and the N.Y.C. metro area. I’d like to give a big thank you to Food Allergy Research

& Education (FARE) for the grant that enabled me to turn this into a reality. In addition to local resources, the site also points to many national sites, such as FARE, that help give one a better understanding of food allergies. After all, these days it seems it’s rarer not to know a child with food allergies than it is to know one. The site is also very helpful to anyone with food allergies navigating a trip to N.Y.C., so please spread the word to anyone who might benefit; thank you!

And my husband, Andrew Hyman, and I have moved. Only 10 minutes south, but just in case someone wants to be even more old school than me (I still type two spaces after every period) and wants to send me an actual letter, it’s worth noting that my address below has changed. FYI: Making sure there is only one space after every period in this document, per my editor’s instructions? The hardest part of writing this DAM column for the past nine-plus years.

76 Dogwood Lane, Irvington, NY 10533; suziefromer@gmail.com