The Warming Meal That Cured My Seasonal Cooking Disorder — The Restaurant Meal That Got Me Back in the Kitchen

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Now that summer is here, it’s a struggle to remember a few months back to winter, with its short days and long, punishingly cold nights. But lately, as my refrigerator bulges with all the delicious spoils of my CSA share and the plants in my small city garden plot groan under the weight of their fruits and vegetables, I’ve been thinking of the months when my larders weren’t quite as full.

Normally a creative and inspired home cook, I found myself utterly lacking in ideas. My robust of collection of professional-grade pots and pans stared sadly back at me. When I did cook, I prepared the same unchallenging, uninteresting meals — tomato soup, baked pasta, braised greens — over, and over, and over again.

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