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1 pound carrots, peeeled
1 pound kohlrabi, peeled
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
coarse sea salt
Yield: 4 servings
Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
4 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, washed
2 eggs
1/4 ...
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 cup chopped onions
2 bay leaves
2 packages sliced green cabbage (about ...
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice
1 ...
Adapted from Real Simple
1 baguette, sliced in 24 slices
2 Tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3/4 ...
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This is an excerpt from the book "Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories"
We had ...