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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Libby Watson is a journalist who covers healthcare.

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Perfectly Fine Dinner Party Club

An Undefeatable Dinner, For Rising From The Ashes

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Lauren Theisen

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Defector Up All Night

Embrace Tofu Wings

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Voraciously, Weeknight veg Whole Wheat Pasta Salad With Broccoli

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It’s Pasta Salad Season, Baby!

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Dazzle Your Dinner-Party Friends With Bread

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Let’s Make Dinner For Friends, Like For A Dinner Party, But Normal

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Honey Butternut Squash (a new hybrid crop) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on October 08, 2023.

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Let’s Cook Some Squash, And Get Through This Winter

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Let’s Explore The Infinite Realm Of Hot Pot

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Drew Magary

20th August 1943: Three schoolboys carrying baskets of apples after picking fruit during a stay at the Bishop of Rochesters Harvesting Camp at Cranbrook in Kent. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Fuck It, It’s Apple Crisp Season

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Send Me Your Food Questions

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Let’s Make The Chili That, Uh, I Made This Week

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A Delicious Thing To Do With Some Mushrooms

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Green Action!

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You Can Throw Together A Cobbler, No Sweat

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Let’s Roast Some Beets

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Let’s Make Some Cold Soup

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Let’s Sauté Some Rapini, Because I Forgot It’s Memorial Day Weekend

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Always Eat The Health Salad

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Let’s Poach Some Eggs, The Extremely Easy Thing To Do

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Let’s Stuff Some Artichokes

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Let’s Make A Salad Out Of Winter’s Last Citrus

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Let’s Make Some Mascarpone

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Let’s Make Crab Soup

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Let’s Make The Reasonable Omelet

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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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