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The perfect hot sauce for everything and everyone

by Christine Burns Rudalevige October 18, 2020May 15, 2026

And it takes just a few minutes’ work to make it yourself.

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A sweet potato and mushroom quesadilla-pizza mash-up that’ll surprise you

by Joe Yonan The Washington Post October 18, 2020October 9, 2020

Two cooks from very different backgrounds share a refreshingly unpretentious attitude in the kitchen.

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When food is so much more than dinner…

by Peggy Grodinsky October 12, 2020October 12, 2020

A column on sumac inspires an impassioned response, and a recipe for melokhyia, a dish enjoyed in Palestine that is little known in the U.S.

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With offices closed, work lunch gets a new look

by Peggy Grodinsky October 12, 2020October 12, 2020

Lunch is much better mid-pandemic, offering a sense of community and a real break. Lunch is much worse – what, now we have to cook for ourselves? And everything in between.

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Green Plate Special: Report from a beekeeper’s first summer

by Christine Burns Rudalevige October 11, 2020May 15, 2026

Lessons learned: heed bee warnings or get stung, and drought is tough on bees.

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Surprise! This nourishing soup is studded with cheese tortellini.

by Ellie Krieger Special To The Washington Post October 11, 2020October 2, 2020

Lately, I’ve been craving two things, which seem to be diametrically opposed but manage to come together in this soup: familiar comfort and an element of surprise. The base of it is like the minestrone, which is such a staple for me I could, as they say, make it with my eyes closed. Onion, carrot […]

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Chicken cutlets can stretch your dollar in a delicious way

by Ann Maloney The Washington Post October 11, 2020October 2, 2020

Sometimes stretching an ingredient – making it feed four instead of two – can be detrimental to a dish, but on rare occasions it can actually make it better. Case in point: Pan-fried chicken breasts. The breast is not my favorite part of the bird – that would be the thighs – but when I […]