How To Make a Cobbler with Any Fruit — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn

Cobbler may be the best reason to turn on the stove in the summer. Jammy fruit, crisp and buttery topping — all you need is a scoop of ice cream.

This particular cobbler might just be the easiest I’ve ever made. It’s the kind of recipe you make once and then remember forever. You can make it with a spatula or a soup spoon, in a New York apartment or at your vacation beach house, with peaches or with any other fruit you want to turn into dessert.

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Why I Didn’t Do a Champagne Toast at My Wedding — Strong Opinions

I love Champagne. I think it goes with absolutely everything, I like it more than regular wine, and I even belong to a sparkling wine club to satisfy my bubble cravings.

But when I got married, I refused to do a Champagne toast and recently advised my bride-to-be cousin to do the same. If I love Champagne so much, why did I skip the iconic wedding ritual?

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What’s the Right Amount of Meat to Serve per Person? — Tips from The Kitchn

Planning a whole dinner party can sometimes feel like a giant logic puzzle: If we serve this dessert, then we’ll do that appetizer, but if that person comes, then we won’t serve that, and on and on! Deciding how much meat to buy per person is all part of the game. How do you figure it out?

Whether you’re cooking for four people or 40 people, there’s an easy way to solve this math puzzle.

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look what else we baked!

look what else we baked!

It has always amused me that despite being a species with only two options, we get so excited to learn that the next member of it will be one or another. But there I was blubbering like I had never heard news so unusual and wonderful when they told me it was a girl, because like my favorite childhood movie that we dusted off a couple rainy weekends ago, we’ve never had a little girl. We hope she’s going to like it here.

cinnamon swirl, a little buried in curls

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