Recipe: Chocolate-chip Cookie Bars

When I was very small, five or six, living in a dusty blue suburban home in Centreville, Virginia, with my parents and my brother and sister (I’ve been to Colorado and Florida, and here I’ve been, back in Virginia, for about eight years now), one of the neighbors came across the street to introduce themselves [...]

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Recipe: Chicken Roasted with Sour Cream, Lemon, and Mango

My mom discovered this recipe a few years ago, and it’s one of my favorites (according to the recipe card, she got it from the book Cooking for Mr. Latte). I asked her for it shortly after I left home, and discovered that not only does it taste good, it’s easy to make, and [...]

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