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Sunday Roast, Reservations Recommended
I almost missed my first proper Sunday roast in Scotland because of a sign in a restaurant window. Or maybe the sign is exactly what started it. I was walking through town when I spotted a wooden easel outside the restaurant advertising Sunday roast reservations. Not just “Sunday lunch,” but a real roast —…
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Domaći Mafini od Banane
Domaći Mafini od Banane Sourdough Banana Muffins, Shared Across Languages in Montenegro There’s something beautiful about realizing that kindness is a language long before words are. Today, I stood in a basement laundry room in Montenegro with my sweet neighbor helping me figure out the washing machine. I know almost none of the language…
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Crock-O-Dough Dundee
The Creation of Mac Dough It started in a freezing cold kitchenon the fourth floor of a flat in Dundee,with the River Tay just outside like it had something to sayand I wasn’t quite sure yet if I was listening. I had always wanted to try making sourdough.It had been one of those “one…
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And Then There Was Gingy…
GINGY THE GINGER BUG Bonjour, Bitches. Not everything begins quietly. Some things arrive with a presence. Gingy was one of those. She wasn’t born in Dundee like Mac Dough,in a cold kitchen where patience was required just to survive. No. Gingy was born in Tayport.In a warmer, better-equipped kitchen.The kind of place where things…