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OBSESSED

I get obsessed, for a living. I go deep on one process or one ingredient at a time, breaking it down, mastering it, and teaching you how to do the same. Come for the flavor, stay for the rabbit holes.

Newsletter · By Sarah Gavigan · English · Paid tier available · Official site

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Sep 26, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    How I Shop So I Never Have to Decide What’s for Dinner (opens the original)

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    It finally got cold this week, and it’s getting darker in the afternoon rapidly. which is the moment a lot of people open the fridge at 5pm, stare into it, and give up.I haven’t had that moment in years. I don’t plan my meals, I don’t shop from a list of recipes, and I rarely know on Sunday what I’m cooking on Thursday. What I have is a kitchen set up so that dinner is always possible.If this style of cooking (freestyle framework) makes you break a sweat, you are not alone. Most home cooks think

  2. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Simmered Turnip Greens (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Red lentil and Tomato soup (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Lamb Shank Braise: Framework (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    One tomato = 3 products and no waste (opens the original)

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    It is the third week of September and I have three pounds of tomatoes on the counter that will not be here in ten days.Every year I do the same thing. I eat them raw with salt until I can’t, then I panic and make sauce, and somewhere in there I throw away a pile of skins that I know perfectly well is the most concentrated tomato flavor in the kitchen.This year I stopped throwing them away.Here’s the honest version of what happens to a tomato in most kitchens. The skin goes in the trash. The seed

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