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Oct 18

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Sprinkles and whole milk make almost everything better

You can learn a lot about yourself through spending time in the kitchen.

Are you a patient person? Are you a detail-oriented person? How do you like to learn? Do you like detailed directions, or a basic idea to work with? Are you willing to put hours of time into something that may not work in the end? How well can you deal with failure? When you bake a cake that immediately crumbles upon taking it out of the pan and a frosting that gloops like thin glue, are you a person who throws it away and instead finishes that two-week-old In-and-Out strawberry shake in your freezer, or do you stick with it and eat it anyway?  Maybe with some sprinkles?  And a White Russian?

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Sep 16

Okra, corn, and chili “fork stew”

One of the best things about it not really being summer anymore is that late summer veggies are finally at their peak. That shouldn’t make sense, but it does, really, when you live in Southern California. I know I just wrote about how summer is over, but the temperature meter in my car will tell you that it is definitely (definitely) still summer here, at least as far as the weather is concerned. So it makes sense that tomatoes are at their peak and that massive royal purple eggplants pile the tables at the market.  I’m seeing persimmons, and okra, and melons, and grapes, and chilies, and I feel like I’m eating out of a box of Crayola markers – not the classic ROYGBIV pack, but the Bold pack, full of jewel tones. Remember those?

Soon everything will be the browns and dark forest greens (and maybe a little orange if we’re lucky) of winter, but for now I’ll revel in a bit of this:

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