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Recent Cooking Posts

Invest in your foodie future
Adrianne walks you through making your own vanilla, garlic confit and garlic oil to use in future foodie goodness.

The Reel World: Food, glorious food!
Julie suggests you satisfy your appetite with some drool-worthy food documentaries.

Foodie Finds: Sweet & savory muffins
Find recipes that capture the deliciousness of summer produce in muffins you can freeze till winter.

Local cookbooks are a window to the past
Adrienne explores cookbooks from all sorts of Topeka-based churches, clubs and businesses 1908 – 1989.