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KARACOOKS
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  • A picture from the 1960s. It's a child's playground two seat swing. On the left side is a woman in a blue dress with dark hair, her head thrown back while she's laughing. On the right side is a man in an Air Force uniform with his cap pulled low over his eyes. He's holding a beer in his left hand and smiling.

    What My Mother Taught Me About Cooking (And About Being Fearless)

    ByKara January 21May 16 Cooking, Personal

    She was fearless in a way I didn’t fully appreciate until I was older …

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  • Cooking: The Thinking Behind the Doing

    ByKara January 1May 16 Cooking

    There are two different kinds of writing about food on this blog, and they live in different places. Recipes live in Recipes. Those are the posts with ingredient lists and step-by-step instructions; the things you can pull up on your phone, scale the servings, and actually make. If you came looking for dinner, that’s the…

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KaraCooks is written, cooked, photographed, and gardened by one person in Johns Creek, Georgia.

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