Retro Sundays

I created the Retro Sundays series to help newer readers easily navigate the very best of this blog's enormous back catalog of content. As always, please feel free to explore CK's Recipe Index, the Best Of Casual Kitchen page and my full Index of Posts. You can also receive my updates at Twitter.
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This Week in History at Casual Kitchen:

How to Get More Mileage Out of Your Cookbooks (March 2008)
Don't waste money buying new cookbooks when you can extract so much more value from the ones you already own.

27 Themes and Ideas for Wine Tasting Club Meetings (March 2009)
The most popular and most-widely read post from my series on enjoying wines on a budget.

What to Eat When You're Sick as a Dog (March 2009)
When you're really sick, knowing you need to eat and actually bringing yourself to eat can be two entirely different things. Here's how to get much-needed fuel into your body with a minimum of preparation, a minimum of nausea, and a minimum of effort.

How to Resist Temptation and Increase Your Power Over Food (March 2010)
I promise: this post will change forever how you think about tempting and unhealthy food, thanks to key insights from David Kessler's amazing book The End of Overeating.

An Easier Way to Crack An Egg: Blunt Force Trauma (March 2011)
In which I teach the easiest and cleanest way to crack an egg. A short and extremely popular post from last year.

Ask CK: The Double-Batch/Too Many Leftovers Problem (March 2011)
Leftovers are not a problem. They are the solution.






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