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Roasted Tomato Soup for When You’re Too Tired to Cook
Halved tomatoes and a whole head of garlic, roasted until collapsed and sweet. Blended with stock and cream. Requires almost no effort and tastes like you tried.
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Random Burritos
The thing about burritos is you can put anything in them. Literally anything. This is not a recipe so much as a philosophy. My kitchen is a mess. My cast iron is spotless. The burritos are excellent.
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Gerald’s Country Loaf
A naturally leavened country loaf using an active sourdough starter. Crisp crust, open crumb, and a tang that develops overnight. Named for the starter.
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Chicken and Potatoes
Bone-in chicken thighs braised with chunky potatoes and whole smashed garlic in white wine and stock. One pan, 40 minutes, no drama. Serve over rice with peas.
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Random Burritos: a love letter to the philosophy of putting anything in a tortilla
My kitchen is a mess. My cast iron is spotless. The burritos are excellent. This is the only thing you need to know about me as a cook.
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The recipe I make when I need to feel like a person who cooks
It doesn’t have a real name. I call it Chicken and Potatoes. It takes 40 minutes and it makes my apartment smell like I have my life together. I do not have my life together. But I have this.
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The soup incident, or: how I accidentally made something good while having a breakdown
I was crying into a bag of tomatoes that were three days from the bin when I accidentally invented the best soup I’ve ever made. This is that story. Also the recipe.