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A Love Letter

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who reached out about “A Love Letter to My Dutch Oven” in the New York Times last week. (That’s a gift link if you missed it and would like to read.) The essay, about how my 5 1/2-quart enameled-steel Le Creuset watched me grow up, was a lot of fun to write, but even better were all the texts and emails I received from long-lost friends. And since apparently a 1000-word essay doesn't seem…

jennyDecember 29, 2025

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Sausage Bake with Tomatoes & Feta

A week ago, Andy and I were both packing for separate trips — me to Seattle for fun, and him to Boston for work — when the subject of dinner came up, as it tends to do. Should we just do takeout? He asked. It was tempting. I had a lot to do before my 4:45 am wake-up the next day and I didn’t want to deal with cooking and cleaning, and the agedashi tofu and spinach goma-ae from…

jennyOctober 5, 2025

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