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Peanut Sauce

reliable deliciousness in six liquid adjectives

For years and years, I thought peanut sauce was made with two ingredients. For years and years, I made miserable peanut sauce.

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Fruit-Glued Bars

energy bars part 5 · absolute simplicity without the expense

Four parts into a five-part series on energy bars, we’ve covered nearly every need. What more could we ask of an energy bar?

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Nutritional Cost Comparator

edible analysis when the missing ingredient is math

90% of our meals are mindless implementations of routine. But mindlessness can be designed, and this culinary computation tool can help.

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Minestrone

Italian vegetable soup, perfectly proportioned & passably pronounced

Pronounce the classic Italian soup with a silent “e”. Cook it reliably with four sets of three.

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Cocktail: Fizz

a sour spin-off for a range of seasons

When most summer cocktails go into hibernation, this fizzy concoction can carry you well into autumn.

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Cocktail: Sours

The simple formula for infinite cocktails

You sidle up to the bar and order a “sour”. What drink does the barkeep set on the counter?

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