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

    Friday Roundup #29

    ByKara June 26June 26 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 19June 20 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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  • Grilled flat iron steak sliced over a blue cheese salad with tomatoes and a champagne vinaigrette

    How to Grill a Flat Iron Steak (and What to Do With It After)

    ByKara June 16June 14 Recipes

    The flat iron is a shoulder cut nobody writes poems about, and I’ll take a good one over a filet most nights. Dry-brine it, sear it hot and fast (550–600°, 2–3 minutes a side), rest it, then pile it on a crunchy blue cheese salad. Full method plus the leftover steak sandwich on the blog (link in bio). The amount of blue cheese is between you and your conscience. More is better.

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  • A blue bowl of easy fruit salad with strawberries and blueberries in a creamy yogurt dressing

    The Easiest Fruit Salad You’ll Ever Make

    ByKara June 9June 9 Recipes

    An easy fruit salad actually worth making: strawberries and blueberries in a brown-sugar, Greek-yogurt, and citrus-zest dressing. No mayo, and it travels.

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