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Reasons to add a tamis to your kitchen

October 6, 2020 · Darcie

Do you ever need to sift, strain, separate, steam, or aerate ingredients? If so, you might have a couple of different devices you use: a mesh strainer, a flour sifter, and a colander. Food writer and former deputy…

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Jenny's best cookbooks of Fall/Autumn 2020

October 5, 2020 · Jenny

Usually, somewhere between September 15th and October 15th, all the best cookbook lists hit the social media feeds. Earlier this year, I published Jenny’s Best Cookbooks of Spring 2020, and today I'll highlight my…

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October 4, 2020 · Darcie

Now that Cookbooktober has arrived, everyone is weighing on which recently released books are the best. We're biased, of course, but we think Jenny's take on the subject is definitive, but in the interest of fairness…

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Will cookies be the next 'it' food?

October 4, 2020 · Darcie

In recent days, my social media newsfeeds have been barraged by two things: reports on which American politician has just tested positive for the coronavirus, and cookies. I prefer the latter for many reasons, and I…

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A Taste of Home from The Passage

October 3, 2020 · Jenny

The Passage is an agency that has been supporting the homeless in transforming their lives in London for 40 years. In celebration of this anniversary, The Passage has compiled a special cookbook A Taste of Home: 120…

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Refrigerators are the new toilet paper

October 2, 2020 · Darcie

At the beginning of the pandemic, toilet paper began flying off the shelves and almost overnight there was none to be found in any store at any price. It took months for that product, as well as paper towels and most…

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Hot pot might be older than we think

September 30, 2020 · Darcie

According to Thrillist, the apocryphal origin story of hot pot is that it was a dish eaten on-the-go in the helmets of Mongolian soldiers, who introduced the concept to the Chinese. Most of us know the hot pot…