70 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM Shen got the motivation to ask her out. “I had always liked her, but then I realized she was leaving!” Shen recalls. Six months later, they were engaged and six months after that, they were married, making the Peninsula Nami’s new permanent home. After 18 years of marriage, they wouldn’t have it any other way. Shen says, “I refuse to live anywhere else. I grew up on the Peninsula and went to Mills High. You can drive along Highway 280 and it’s gorgeous. I love the comfort and convenience of being here.” After having the first of their two children, Nami began offering her recipes to friends who were short on time and at a loss for what to make for dinner every night. “I started sharing recipes on Facebook, but it became hard to search,” she explains. “Then, one of my friends suggested I start a blog.” On January 1, 2011, Just One Cookbook (JOC) was born: “I eventually settled on that name because I wanted it to become one single recipe resource to pass along to our kids.” When Shen started helping out, he focused on improving the blog’s photos by researching everything he could about food {food coloring} PHOTOGRAPHY: PAULETTE PHLIPOT
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