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I backed Reach of the Roach God on Kickstarter at the physical tier. I have three hundred and nineteen tabletop role-playing game books on the shelf immediately to my right (I counted). About half of those are some variety of hardcover; the immediate comparison I would make would be either technical manuals or university-level textbooks. While budgets have obviously increased tenfold since the early TSR days of role-playing games, the overall construction of most books hasn’t; 8.

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On Wednesday evening, while I sat on the couch and snuggled a sweet, sleeping baby, I saw via Instagram stories that all my farming friends had spent their days freezing and wrestling with frost cover to protect their veggies from the first hard frost in the forecast. HARD PASS. In this season when I’m taking the fall “off” to focus on our new babe, I certainly miss being in the dirt everyday, but I absolutely do NOT miss dealing with the unending and soul-crushing task of covering/uncovering all the rows with covers once the first frost arrives.

Hey, everyone! This week's recipe is a simple enough to be a weeknight staple, but it packs a ton of flavor. I also love it because it represents a general approach I like to take to making vegetable dishes– first we cook the vegetable itself, and then we layer different textures, flavors, and elements on top of that. These layers can take the form of spices, sauces, nuts and seeds, cheeses, yogurt, pickled vegetables, vinegars, fresh herbs, and a bunch more.

I took a trip to Trader Joes and I walked out with artichokes, chicken and lemons. So nonetheless I decided that Roasted Chicken Piccata and crispy artichoke chips were going to be on the menu. Ingredients for Chicken Piccata (4 servings)4 Skin on Chicken Leg Quarters 3 Garlic Cloves Minced 2 Small Lemons Thinly sliced 1 Shallot Minced 1/3 Cup Chicken … ncG1vNJzZmijop7AtbHNn5iirJiarrW%2Fjaysm6uklrCsesKopGioX6e8or%2FTnptmm5iesKyxzWanopuTlsGiecCnm2aZoqm2pLTOpJw%3D

A stroll through my local farmer’s market last week reminded me that it’s a perfect time to make salsa. The tomatoes at every vendor’s stand looked fabulous and were in abundant supply, as were the peppers and onions. For today’s recipe, I used ordinary, garden variety tomatoes. However, any variety, such as plum (Roma), grape, cherry, or heirloom tomatoes will do. When making salsa, I like to roast the tomatoes. A little time in the oven concentrates the flavor and sweetness of the tomato by driving off excess moisture.

New here? Hi! If you want to get right down to business, scroll down for the video link and allllllll the way to the bottom for the recipe.This roasted vegetable grain salad started out as a summery grilled vegetable grain salad, and at the time I thought I was being a real innovator with that one. Grilling is so often relegated to the fins, fishes, and things that go moo, and over the years I’ve really tried to lean into grilling vegetables that aren’t portobello mushrooms.

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Share New York Times please note that it’s less of a surprise than it should be that the peaceful February 13 death of 89-year-old New Orleans piano master Huey Smith has inspired so little notice. No doubt other appreciations will eventually be added to Daniel Kreps’s timely Rolling Stone job. But there’s also no doubt that none will equal that of John Wirt in New Orleans’s own Advocate, because Wirt’s 2014 Huey “Piano” Smith and the Rocking Pneumonia Blues is and will remain the definitive biography.