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The Long and Short of Winter’s Golden Elixir

The Long and Short of Winter’s Golden Elixir

How to Make Chicken Stock from Scratch (Two Ways)

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Jan 17, 2025
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Hello friend! I’m so glad you’re here. Cooking Lessons is a weekly newsletter of recipes to inspire you and help you get homemade food on the table. I’ve got some extra little ‘lessons’ too, and I hope they’ll make your cooking easier. When I see a new subscriber in my inbox (free or paid) or when you share a post, my heart flutters just a little. Check out the index of recipes, all downloadable and ready to print. You’ll find my cookbook links here.

If things were normal, I would just be writing about chicken stock.

Unfortunately, there is no normal. I’m not sure there ever was one. Maybe at the end of 2025 with all that it portends, we will awake from the dream and notice that there is not, and never has been, a normal. That illusion was upended eight years ago. This year promises to be a zinger, and it’s already started. Put your life jackets by the door.

There’s not much more to say that hasn’t already been said about the devastation and grief California is experiencing. If you want…

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