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KARACOOKS
KARACOOKS
Good Food · Honest History · Strong Opinions
  • A bee on an orange cosmos bloom in the back garden, hero image for Friday Roundup #31

    Friday Roundup #31

    ByKara July 10July 12 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Friday Roundup #31: a July 4 thunderstorm, a macro session with the garden bees, a big salad craving after too much bo ssam, and re-reading Killers of the Flower Moon.

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  • The vaulted, tiled Great Hall (Registry Room) at Ellis Island with two American flags, a Fourth of July reflection.

    Friday Roundup #30

    ByKara July 3July 12 Friday Roundup, Personal

    Friday Roundup #30: a complicated Fourth of July, a 2008 photo from the Great Hall at Ellis Island, fall brussels sprouts, and Momofuku Bo Ssam on the kamado.

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  • Red door in a whitewashed brick wall, Lynchburg, Virginia.

    Friday Roundup #29

    ByKara June 26July 12 Friday Roundup, Personal

    Friday Roundup: A thin week at karacooks: a garden running late, a monster love story up for a Hugo, ten pounds of cherries, and a gallon of mustard landing Thursday.

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  • A green anole with its mouth open and it's tongue sticking out, resting on the rim of a terracotta mint pot in the garden

    Friday Roundup #28

    ByKara June 19July 12 Friday Roundup, Personal

    A steamy Georgia-summer roundup: dirty spaghetti on the must-try list, Good Culture cottage cheese, the new Nora Roberts, cherry plums, and Kamado-grilled lunches.

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  • A double rainbow arching over a rain-soaked interstate highway under a slate-gray storm sky, with a distant overpass and green trees along the roadside

    Friday Roundup #27

    ByKara June 5July 12 Friday Roundup, Travel

    Six days into a Tulsa road trip: a Route 66 bridge that sings Woody Guthrie, the best Moroccan tagine of my life, Tex-Mex since 1953, and two right slippers

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  • A cast iron skillet on a granite countertop filled with quartered Roma and cherry tomatoes, whole peeled garlic cloves, two bay leaves, and a generous sprinkle of dried oregano, ready to go into the oven.

    Friday Roundup #22

    ByKara February 21July 12 Friday Roundup

    The weather has been beautiful the last couple of days. I’m hoping it holds through the weekend because I have plans. What are you reading/watching/cooking/dealing with this week? Let me know in the comments. P.S. The tomato-garlic sauce is embarrassingly simple. You’re going to wonder why you ever bought jarred sauce. P.P.S. Alysa Liu. That’s…

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    • 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
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    • Disclosure
    • Where I Stand
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