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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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  • An orange tabby cat leans in from the left to sniff two jars of homemade chili crisp on a tray, on a wooden dining table.

    Blogging With Cats – Part 1 of ?

    ByKara August 6July 16 Behind the Blog, Writing

    Food blogging in a two-cat house means feline quality control. Finn inspected the chili crisp, put his nose in the lens, and tail-bombed the hero shot.

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  • Close-up of Remy's face, a black pit bull, with both brown eyes looking up at the camera and Zach blurred on the couch behind him

    Life with a Pibble: Meet Remy

    ByKara March 29July 16 Personal

    I’m writing this with a 71-pound pit bull pressed against my side on the sofa. Full velcro-dog mode. He’s dreaming, twitching, and making those adorable snorting sounds that pit bulls do. His name is Remy, and he is categorically the least threatening creature on the planet. How We Got Remy We adopted Remy on February…

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  • Farewell to 2025

    Farewell to 2025

    ByKara December 31July 12 Personal

    It’s December 30th, and I’m sitting on the sofa writing this post that I’ll share tomorrow for New Year’s Eve. The tree is still lit, though looking a little bare without presents underneath. There’s a fire going because Georgia has finally given us some actual winter weather. Remy-dog is snoring at my side, Callie-cat is…

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  • Friday Five #2

    Friday Five #2

    ByKara May 21July 12 Friday Roundup

    It’s been typical late spring weather here in the Atlanta area, which is to say that it’s been unpredictable and all over the place. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 40s, some rain, some sun, and everything in between. However the garden at the house seems to be loving it, so I won’t complain…

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  • Broccoli flower

    Friday Five #1

    ByKara May 14July 12 Friday Roundup

    New feature starting today. Five random things from the week every Friday. ONE This week I got my first subscription delivery of flowers from Bouqs.com. I decided to try out their small bouquet farmhouse subscription. I’m pretty happy with the bouquet I received, but realized I don’t actually own any nice vases for displaying flowers….

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    • The Garden
    • The Everyday Kitchen
    • The Bookshelf
    • Keeping It Out of The Landfill
    • For the Animals
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