Twinkle By Wenlan

The day before Thanksgiving, our office had a potluck to commemorate the holiday and to add a little festive flair to the dreary weather.  Some people brought delicious home-made apple pie and others brought the infamous Bon Chon chicken.  Joanna, who is on our design team, casually put a plate of brownie bars and said, “Oh, I just baked something.”  These were not just ordinary brownie bars.  They had a thin layer of flaky heaven on the bottom with caramel somewhere in the middle.  The minute each of bit down into one of these bars, all our eyes widened as we exclaimed, “Mmmm!! What’s is this?? It’s sooo good!!  Joanna coyly responded, “It’s my friend’s recipe and I promised her that I would not share it with anyone.”  Of course this prompted everyone to pounce on her with 20 questions.  But Joanna remained mum.  Today, Yuki, who is a graphic designer, brought something that looked suspiciously similar to Joanna’s Thanksgiving brownies.  We all laughed because although Yuki made a valiant effort to mimic the brownies-hoping that in discussing the ingredients Joanna would somehow disclose something, Joanna still would not budge on giving up the secret recipe.  I’m going to tell Joanna all my secrets.

Juliette

Joanna and Yuki in the office.