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Recently, a coworker (thanks, Kevin!) gave jwa a cooler full of cleaned crab from a crabbing expedition in Tillamook. He then sent me an email during the day warning me of the impending crab that he would be bringing home, which gave me a little bit of notice to come up with something tasty to …

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Ever since I first got brave enough to try making yeast bread, I've loved perusing the King Arthur Flour website and finding recipes I wanted to try. I won't say too much in the intro, because the recipe is pretty long, but, mmmm, these are delicious! Go make some right now! Feta and Spinach Stuffed …

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I am becoming quite the experimenter with the strange and wonderful flours I've come across lately. This time - green pea flour. Yes, it's just ground peas. Yes, it's green. I was so intrigued when I first saw it that I knew I just had to do something with it. Crackers were the first thing …

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Photo taken May, 2011. When I started grad school I had one cat -- Chelsea. One day I went to the pet store to buy cat food for her and they had some kittens in a room with a large glass window, so that the cuteness could be observed fully. There was one little gray …

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We recently ventured down to California for a birthday celebration and ended up coming home with a bag of lemons from jwa's aunt (from a tree in her yard, not just from a grocery store or anything!) These are really beautiful, bright yellow lemons that I couldn't wait to use. So, here's something that I …

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