Brooklyn baker Tanya Bush on her new cookbook, 'Will This Make You Happy'

NPR | By Scott Detrow,

Elena Burnett, Jeanette Woods

Published March 16, 2026 at 4:43 PM EDT

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Tanya Bush about her new cookbook. She writes about a tumultuous year in her life filled with challenges and self discovery -- through baking.

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