HELP US FUND OUR BOOK TOUR!

We’ve been working on a cookbook since 2021 called

That Time We Ate Our Feelings, and it’s about to be published by Apollo Publishers (NYC) FINALLY on November 21st, 2023!!!

We are Lisa Lucas and Debrianna Mansini. We started a little live-streaming project on facebook and youtube with our friends and family in 2020 called Corona Kitchen, which began as a way for two creatives to find peace and comfort during the uncertain early days of the shelter-in-place quarantine. Within a matter of weeks, the kitchen began to rapidly evolve, opening its doors to home chefs and professionals from across the world to come together in communion over friendship and good food without judgement.

What started as a private evening cooking/coping session spiraled into a collective effort to disengage from the deluge of self-quarantine through the power of camaraderie and home cooking. Despite having to maintain a distance of six feet apart, the Corona Kitchen managed to unite foodies from all walks of life around the globe. 

As writers, actors and producers, the goal of Corona Kitchen was always to eventually broaden our horizons and engage in creative outlets outside the sphere of social media -- with our cookbook, That Time We Ate Our Feelings on the horizon, we are excited to see where else the Corona Kitchen and the community we have built will eventually take us! Be on the lookout for behind-the scenes photos of the making of the cookbook with our team in the coming days leading up to the launch.

As our publication launch deadline approaches, we wanted to reach out to you, our dear readers, viewers, and contributors, to help us fundraise for our obligatory expenses for our upcoming book tour to help us come to a bookstore near you!

We are asking for $20,500 to help cover travel/lodging costs to booksignings, book festivals and television appearances across the country as well as overall marketing and publicity for the book. The money raised will be distributed to pay for the many expenses that come with book promotion on a national scale.

We understand that this is a time where many of us are hurting for money, and we respect that not everyone can make a contribution right now, but we hope that some generous members of our food community who have appreciated our work for these past 3 YEARS (450 episodes and counting!) will be willing to help give us the extra push! If everyone who enjoys Corona Kitchen donated as little as $25, we would be golden!

AND…that's not all!! We have fantastic gifts for this fundraiser!!

We want to thank you for your AMAZING generosity! As we always say, food is love and you all continue to make our day with your extraordinary kindness, culinary finesse and fierce photo stylings! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Love Always,

Lisa & Debrianna