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KARACOOKS
KARACOOKS
Good Food · Honest History · Strong Opinions
  • 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 dirt footpath curves through a hardwood forest where the entire ground layer is one unbroken mat of low, bright green Japanese stiltgrass. Long Indian Creek runs along the right edge of the frame past a large oak, and a figure stands in the distance near fallen deadfall.

    Friday Roundup #37

    ByKara September 4September 7 Friday Roundup, Writing

    An invasive grass has taken the back of the property, the collards are still not in the ground, and minor-league September is winding down at Gwinnett Field.

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  • Remy, a black pit bull with a white chest patch, sprawled on a green cot on the back deck with his legs stretched out, head raised and looking up at the camera.

    Friday Roundup #36

    ByKara August 28August 27 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Remy takes National Dog Day personally, the collard seeds arrive, Hatch chiles are inbound, and I fall down a Scottish hoof-trimming YouTube hole.

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  • Friday Roundup #35

    Friday Roundup #35

    ByKara August 14August 13 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Friday Roundup #34: National Avocado Day, a jumbotron birthday for Zach, Joro spiders in the garden, Olmsted’s Southern journeys, and a meh on The Odyssey.

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  • a bowl of fresh guacamole made for National Avocado Day

    Friday Roundup #34

    ByKara July 31July 31 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Friday Roundup #34: National Avocado Day, a jumbotron birthday for Zach, Joro spiders in the garden, Olmsted’s Southern journeys, and a meh on The Odyssey.

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

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    • The Pantry
    • The Grill & Smoke
    • The Garden
    • The Everyday Kitchen
    • The Bookshelf
    • Keeping It Out of The Landfill
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    • Behind the Camera
  • About
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    • Disclosure
    • Where I Stand
    • Recommendations