Besides growing up with a passion for performing, Jennifer Esposito had a fondness for cooking. "There were two things I loved as a child: eating and entertaining. When I wasn't making a mess in the kitchen trying to create some delicious goodies," she told Gluten Dude. The former "NCIS" actor discovered she had celiac disease ("an immune reaction to eating gluten," per Mayo Clinic), which helped inspire her to open a bakery called Jennifer's Way Kitchen in New York. "I couldn't bear to not have a piece of good bread again, and what was readily available was just awful," she told Eat This, Not That in 2016.
Speaking to PowerwomenTV in 2019, Esposito admitted that working in film and television left her unfulfilled. "I never felt completely at home as an actress. I love acting, but the business was just not something I loved," she said. Esposito's work in the bakery offered her a more rewarding outlet. "Here I can see first-hand that someone feels happy, safe," she added. In addition to the bakery, Esposito wrote a cookbook in 2017 for people seeking allergy-sensitive recipes titled "Jennifer's Way Kitchen: Easy Allergen-Free, Anti-Inflammatory Recipes for a Delicious Life." Esposito had dedicated a wealth of energy into the cooking world, but her work in the film and television industry was not over.
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