Gender	Female
Industry	Publishing
Occupation	writer and editor
Location	New York, NY, United States
Introduction	Mariel Jimenez is a writer and editor living in New York City. She writes about food, lifestyle, and beauty. Click here to browse her portfolio.
Interests	chocolate, love, music, sports, cheese, sleep, chilling out, the beach, beauty, fashion, and the magazine industry.
Favorite movies	Amelie, Lost In Translation, Matrix, Great Expectations, Two Towers, Julie and Julia, Today's Special, Megamind
Favorite music	Everything. Seriously. From friendly manufactured pop to the highbrow snob stuff. But Fade, Phoenix, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and Chicane are the go-to tunes.
Favorite books	Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, NY princess chick lit—Four Blondes and Bergdorf Blondes, Basic Black by Cathie Black, Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire by Mireille Guiliano.

Please describe how you could take the peel off an apple all in one go:

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