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09 Jan
Baking Biscuits Bread COVID-19 Rosemary Sourdough discard

Moist-yet-flaky rosemary biscuits

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We recently made these biscuits to use up odds and ends that were left-over from the holiday cooking season. They are warm, buttery, and very...
01 Jan
Baking Biscuits Bread Breakfast Cheese COVID-19 Cucumbers Daikon Dairy Farmer's Market Fruit Fruitcake Goat cheese Greens Grilling Grits Healthy Holiday Jalapenos Kale Korean Pickles Pie Pizza Pizza dough Poultry Roasting Sourdough Sourdough discard Tomatoes Uncategorized Vegetarian Zucchini

Pandemic Eating: A Year-End Retrospective

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Here are the top nine things we learned in 2020 while cooking at home during a pandemic!
15 Aug
Basil Bread Cheese COVID-19 Cucumbers Farmer's Market Feta Goat cheese Healthy Mozzarella Olives Tomatoes Vegetarian Zucchini

Panzanella (“Bread Salad”)

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This salad is what happens when you add extra zucchinis and cucumbers to a basic Caprese salad--and a whole lot of bread!
13 Jul
Asian dishes Cabbage COVID-19 Farmer's Market Healthy Korean Pickles Scallions Vegetarian

Summer Kimchi

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Quick-pickled kimchi makes use of voluminous summer produce and is the ultimate secret weapon of condiments. It goes with everything, including pizza!
23 May
Cheese COVID-19 Dairy Farmer's Market Goat cheese Healthy Lentils Onions Tomatoes Vegetarian

Farmer’s Market Lentil Salad

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This light dish takes advantage of bountiful fresh herbs and spring/summer produce, and tastes amazing topped with fresh chèvre.
14 May
Baking Cherries Fruit Holiday Pie

Cherry Pie (and pie crust too)

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At risk of excommunication from the Potter family, I tinkered with the family cherry pie recipe. So far, I've lived to tell the tale.
08 May
Breakfast COVID-19 Fruit Greens Healthy Smoothies/Bowls Yogurt

“Commuter’s” Smoothie

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This smoothie powered our commuting the past 4 years. It's healthy, so we should probably go back to eating it soon.
01 May
Asian dishes Broccoli COVID-19 Pantry Rice Tofu Vegetarian

General Tso’s Tofu & Broccoli

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We had a hankering for General Tso's chicken and green beans recently, but didn't exactly have chicken…or green beans...
24 Apr
Bowls COVID-19 Kale Pickles Rice Tofu Vegetarian

Roots Bowls

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Stuck at home far from a Roots location, we've come up with the perfect copycat recipe for the El Jefe!
16 Apr
Baking Bread Pizza Pizza dough

Pizza Chez Thorburn (v.2020)

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This week's pizza-making adventure moved us several steps closer to pizza nirvana.