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Category Archives: Cooking

What I’m Cooking: Winter

January 10, 2021by Sara Davis Leave a comment

What I’m cooking When I bake I like to keep things simple, but I had some gorgeous pears that were begging to be on an upside down cake, and this […]

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What I’m cooking: Summer

August 19, 2020by Sara Davis 1 Comment

What I’m thinking For the first couple of months of social isolation, I compulsively tallied up everything I made in my kitchen: meals, snacks, staples, cocktails, anything that felt like […]

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My Dry July

August 1, 2020by Sara Davis 3 Comments

I love everything about wine and spirits. The way they taste. The way they smell. The way they look in a glass or in bottles on the shelf. When I […]

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What I’m cooking: Eff It Edition

May 6, 2020by Sara Davis Leave a comment

What I made in month 2 of isolation I guess I posted my last roundup after about three and a half weeks of isolation? I was still enjoying myself then, […]

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What I’m cooking: Pandemic edition

April 8, 2020by Sara Davis 4 Comments

What I cooked so far while working remotely and self-isolating: Buttery leek rice with mizuna (a kind of mustard-like green) Red curry with sweet potatoes and red lentils Lots of […]

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Cooking in times of plague and paucity

April 6, 2020by Sara Davis 3 Comments

In the first weekend my city recommended isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, I reorganized my pantry. I unearthed a variety of flours from forgotten projects–almond, coconut, buckwheat–and some other shelf-stable […]

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What I’m cooking: Winter 2020

February 29, 2020by Sara Davis 1 Comment

What I’m cooking This is like… four months of “what I’m cooking.” I had so much quince puree from the fall that I made this quince almond cake, which smelled […]

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What I’m cooking: November 2019

November 8, 2019by Sara Davis 3 Comments

What I’m cooking It’s full-on fall, y’all. I had a few friends over for a game night in October, and I cooked up a bunch of fall vegetables from the […]

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What I’m cooking: August 2019

August 22, 2019by Sara Davis Leave a comment

What I’m cooking It is absolutely peak vegetable season in the northeast, friends. Day after day of fresh fruit and glorious lunches that practically make themselves. Here are a few […]

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What I’m Cooking: July 2019

July 2, 2019by Sara Davis Leave a comment

What I’m cooking I started a new CSA this spring and it is glorious. Philly Food Works offers a range of options; I get the small subscription box, which means […]

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