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KARACOOKS
KARACOOKS
Good Food · Honest History · Strong Opinions
  • The El Rancho Grande neon sign glowing at twilight in Tulsa: a green and red sign reading El Rancho Grande Mexican Food with a neon cowboy, a lit marquee arrow above, on a brick storefront with the street receding behind.

    I Came Home From Tulsa Obsessed With a Jalapeño

    ByKara June 4June 4 Cooking, Travel

    : I came home from Tulsa obsessed with El Rancho Grande’s peanut butter jalapeños. The dish, the plan to recreate it, and a bacon-on-the-Kamado idea.

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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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  • Category title card: the karacooks pepper mark above the word "Cooking" in forest green Cinzel on a cream background.

    Cooking: The Thinking Behind the Doing

    ByKara January 1June 1 Cooking

    Not recipes. This is where the cooking essays live: how I cook and why, the Kamado, the Hatch chile ritual, the eight-pie Thanksgiving. The thinking behind the doing.

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