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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Live Event

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Albert Burneko

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Chefector

A Pot Of Beans, By Any Other Name

Nandini Balial is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Harper&#8217;s Bazaar, Vice, Slate, The Week, The Texas Observer, Ebert Voices, The AV Club, and Wired, among others. She lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Nandini Balial

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Let’s Make Something Sweet, With Cardamom

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Let’s Make Some Ravioli

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Find me on Signal @DefectorChris.09

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Sports Highlight Of The Day

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is: Big Hot Pot

A bowl of mushroom soup that tasted better than it photographed

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Let’s Cook Mushroom Soup

circa 1965: A woman lifts a cup of coffee off a saucer in a kitchen. (Photo by Leo Vals/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Nice Cup Of Coffee

The Machines

Boston Tech Startup Develops Worst Imaginable Way To Get A Cup Of Coffee

A bowl of pierogi with cabbage and sour cream

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Let’s Make Pierogi

A young John F. Kennedy sits at a typewriter

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Plagiarism Is The Weirdest Of All The Frauds

A bowl of escarole with beans and sausage

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Let’s Cook Some Escarole With Beans And Sausage

A stuffed orange pepper, looking very delicious in a bowl

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Let’s Throw Together Some Stuffed Peppers

A hunk of cornbread on a plate on a rustic tabletop

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Let’s Bake Some Cornbread

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Let’s Cook Up A Nice Big Bowl Of Summer

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A Big Pile Of Tomatoes Is A Salad If You Say It Is

A plate of fried green tomatoes, with a Chefector badge

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Let’s Fry Some Green Tomatoes

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Smoke The Pork, Pull The Pork, And Put The Pork In A Sandwich

Today’s Cocktail Is The White Rum Sour

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Patrick Redford

The walnuts an hour or so after being quartered.

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How To Make Nocino, The Black Potion That Is Summer’s Ode To Winter

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Let’s Make Some Slaw

A very tiny green baby tomato on the vine

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It Is Not Yet Tomato Time, Blasphemers

Today’s Cocktail Is The Bloody Crusta

Some chicken, with a little potato salad peeking up from the bottom of the frame