Liv Fleischhacker lives in Berlin and works at the intersection of taste, culture, and commerce. As the founder of Nordic Brand Works, a Berlin-based consultancy business, she helps food & beverage brands enter and grow in the German market. She loves a project — from finding the best water brand to figuring out what to do with 5kg of blood oranges.

Liv and I met through our shared love of food writing at a time when I was just beginning to express what it meant to grow up without a mother and how turning to cooking helped me learn to nurture myself. In this episode, Liv shares her story of crossing the threshold of life without the physical presence of her own mother and how learning to cook and feed others has shaped her.

She writes regularly on Substack here:  ...