Friday, March 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Skylight Books, Los Angeles
 CLICK HERE TO RSVP _**RSVP is recommended but not required. Entry and seating are first-come, first-served. RSVPs do not guarantee entry to a full event.**_ **For fans of Nora Ephron and Nigel Slater, this hybrid memoir and cookbook brings together over fifty inventive baking recipes with a lyrical coming-of-age story about desire and dessert. Perfect for home cooks, lovers of literature, and anyone who finds comfort in the kitchen.** Tanya Bush is adrift in the uncertainty of her early twenties—unemployed, uninspired, and stuck in a long-term relationship that's lost its spark. One day, just to do something, she decides to bake a cake. It's gooey in the center, woefully underbaked, an absolute disaster—but it also reminds her of the pleasures of baking: sugar crystals under her fingernails, flour in her hair, and the hard-earned satisfaction of following the steps of a recipe to the end. Over the course of a year, Tanya embarks on a journey that carries her from her tiny apartment to the sunlit kitchens of an Italian _agriturismo_ to the basement of a bustling Brooklyn bakery, where she rediscovers her appetite for pleasure, indulgence, and meaningful work. A culinary memoir and love story, interwoven with over fifty innovative and approachable baking recipes, _Will This Make You Happy_ is for readers and bakers looking for something messier, more experimental, and honest than the typical aspirational cookbook. _\*There will be pastries made by Hannah Ziskin from Quarter Sheets inspired by the book._ **Tanya Bush** is a Brooklyn-based writer and baker. She is the co-founder of _Cake Zine_, the pastry chef for Tables of Contents and the Brooklyn-based restaurant Little Egg, where her cruller was named _NY Mag_’s Best Pastry. She is the founder of the popular Instagram account @will.this.make.me.happy and is a contributing writer to _T:_ _The New York Times Style Magazine_. She has an MFA in creative writing from Hunter College. **Aliza Abarbanel** is a freelance writer and editor born in Los Angeles and based in Brooklyn. She is the co-founder and co-editor of Cake Zine, a contributing editor at TASTE and a co-host of the podcast This is TASTE, and a former editor at Bon Appetit. Her writing has appeared in New York Magazine, GQ, Food & Wine, Eater, the Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times.