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. **Forsyth Harmon** is the author and illustrator of Justine. She is also the illustrator of Sweet Nothings by Sarah Perry, national bestseller Girlhood by Melissa Febos, and The Art of the Affair by Catherine Lacey. **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.