Cooking Your Way Through Life

Cooking Your Way Through "Things I'll Never Do Again"

September 24, 2026·34 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Things I will never do again, lessons I only needed once, and a petty rapid fire list of never-agains that I think you are going to relate to more than you expect. This is a solo episode and I want to say upfront that this is not a regret episode. Regretting something and being glad you did it while knowing you are never doing it again are two completely different things. The older you get the longer that second list becomes and today we are going through all of it together. We talk about the things that were worth doing exactly once, experiences that had real value without deserving a repeat. We get into the lessons people warned me about that I still had to go through personally before they clicked, because some knowledge only comes through experience no matter how clearly someone explains it to you. We also get into the moment when trying again stops being persistence and starts being ignoring an answer that life has already given you more than once. That line is one of the most important things you can learn to recognize. And then I give you my completely unserious never-again list because not everything needs to carry a lesson. Some things are just petty and funny and I am keeping it that way. On the culinary side I connect it all to the kitchen, the lessons no instructor can brand into your brain until experience does it for you, and the idea that chefs are always allowed to take a dish off the menu. So are you. Drop your never-again list wherever you are listening. Serious and ridiculous both welcome. Follow Chef Hollywood: Website: https://chculinarycreations.com Instagram | Facebook | TikTok: @ChefHollywood88

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