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KARACOOKS
KARACOOKS
Good Food · Honest History · Strong Opinions
  • A navy Gwinnett Stripers sweatshirt folded on a stack of sweatshirts beside an open storage bin of sweaters on an olive comforter

    Sweatshirt Day

    ByKara October 19October 19 Personal, Writing

    Sweatshirt Day has no date, but you know it when it comes. This year it was September 27: the sweater bag came out, the AC went quiet, the window opened.

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  • A jar of homemade pumpkin spice syrup with a cinnamon stick, seen from above beside a mug of foamy homemade latte.

    Where’s the Pumpkin? Pumpkin Spice and the Art of Selling a Feeling

    ByKara October 18October 18 Food & Politics, Recipes, Writing

    Pumpkin spice was always pumpkin pie spice. How a dropped word, a pumpkin-free latte and a lot of scarcity sold us a feeling, plus my own homemade syrup.

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  • Girls weekend charcuterie board on a covered deck near Tallulah Falls: salami roses, prosciutto, brie topped with pomegranate seeds, cubed cheese, crackers, apples, grapes, clementines, olives and cornichons, with a bottle of prosecco and two wine tumblers, woods beyond the railing.

    Friday Roundup #43

    ByKara October 16October 16 Friday Roundup, Writing

    A rainy girls weekend near Tallulah Falls, saffron crocus at last, a rabbit hole called Any Human Ever, World Food Day, and what I’m reading and watching.

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  • The downstairs powder room painted in Benjamin Moore Saybrook Sage, white crown molding above and the old white baseboard still unpainted below, with afternoon light coming through the window blinds and striping the wall.

    Friday Roundup #42

    ByKara October 9October 8 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Saybrook Sage on the powder room walls, the first report from the meat-minimalized week, still no saffron, and a weekend in the north Georgia mountains.

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  • A pile of big orange pumpkins on pine straw at a pumpkin patch.

    Friday Roundup #41

    ByKara October 4October 4 Friday Roundup, Writing

    A late roundup: the Halloween boxes come home, collards peek through, the Joro spiders take the back yard, Nigella joins the Bake Off tent, and a meat-minimalized week on deck.

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  • Close-up of a red maple leaf in autumn, lit from behind, with orange and crimson leaves around it.

    Why October Through January Is My Happy Place

    ByKara October 4September 28 Personal, Writing

    Most people wait all year for summer. I wait for October through January: the oven back on, Halloween, nine pies, latkes, Christmas lights, and a table full of people against the dark.

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  • Two white trays of oysters on ice on a mosaic table, raw oysters on the half shell beside a ramekin of cocktail sauce, with a card reading Pemaquid, Damariscotta River, Maine.

    Friday Roundup #40

    ByKara September 27September 28 Friday Roundup, Writing

    A late roundup: WordPress gremlins, the first real fall mornings, a seafood feast where all sixty oysters vanished, saffron crocus in the ground, and the first pot roast of the season.

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    • Friday Roundup
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    • Kitchen Disasters
    • Behind The Blog
    • Holiday Menus
  • What I Use
    • The Pantry
    • The Grill & Smoke
    • The Garden
    • The Everyday Kitchen
    • The Bookshelf
    • Keeping It Out of The Landfill
    • For the Animals
    • Coffee & The Bar
    • Behind the Camera
  • About
    • About & FAQ
    • Disclosure
    • Where I Stand
    • Recommendations