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KARACOOKS
KARACOOKS
Good Food · Honest History · Strong Opinions
  • Category title card: the karacooks pepper mark above the words "Behind the Blog" in forest green Cinzel on a cream background.

    Behind the Blog

    ByKara January 1June 1 Behind the Blog

    A blog post takes five to ten hours to make. This is where I write about the production: the camera, the pizza-box reflector, the cat on the focaccia.

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

    Kitchen Disasters: A Section Under Construction (Because I Keep Doing Dumb Things)

    ByKara January 1June 1 Kitchen Disasters

    Every food blog shows you the perfect version. That’s a lie of omission. This is the section for when it doesn’t work, because the lesson is in the failure.

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

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