As fall-themed recipes have started popping up on other people's blogs, I've begun to notice my own reluctance to dig out the pumpkin puree from the pantry. Normally I make fall recipes too early, out of sheer excitement for sweater season, but this year the transition is taking a while. It's already mid-October […]

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"I'm thinking Subway for dinner tonight…is there anything to eat in the fridge besides a little of leftover chicken?"
"Yea, there's orzo with pesto in the fridge. You could add some tomato sauce from the freezer and top with some fresh mozzarella, that would be yummy."
"Woah, that was way over my head."
"Take the tomato sauce […]

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Really, there's no such thing as a wrong way to cook.
Yes, there are some exceptions to this rule. Baking is far fussier than cooking, and it's best to follow a recipe as precisely as one can manage (or at least to follow one of many successful wet-to-dry ingredient ratios when improvising).
But in cooking, this […]

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