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Blackberry, blackberry, blackberry
This year, on May long weekend, I was out picking blackberries and blueberries. I’m still wrapping my head around the seasons in Mississippi, but eating local produce is…
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Measure with your heart
Tonight, I’m making crackers, and a brilliant lentil recipe from Sohla El-Waylly’s cookbook Start Here, which calls for an astonishing and wonderful 30 cloves of garlic. As a…
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Starting out celiac? Cook what you know
For friends starting out celiac these days, my first advice is to start with the things you already cook and love that happen to be gluten free (or…
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In Praise of Produce
When we moved to Hattiesburg, we were warned about the poor quality of local grocery stores, but we didn’t realize how much we’d miss fresh produce until we…
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Reflections on our Meatball Era
In August, in the same week that I began this job, we also cooked a recipe that ushered in what I’ve been jokingly calling our meatball era. The…
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In Search of a Better Lunch
We cook dinner almost every night, often dedicating over an hour to the process of chopping, sauteing, simmering, and pulling together a meal. But lunch has long been…
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