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As someone who likes to have the same breakfast every morning — a slice of apple pie — and is hypervigilant about counting ballots, all the changes have been hard, but exciting.

Mikel Arteta went from everyone wanting him gone a few years ago, to being one of the greatest things since sliced bread, but now the pressure is back on him.

He picked one off the ground and cut off a slice to reveal the inside: dry and dull green.

Left, sliced log slabs make decorative plates and platters.

While he always saved room for a slice of pumpkin or pecan pie, when it came to dessert, the flavor for which he was most thankful was chocolate.