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Cookbook, Wrapped

The sun will come back tomorrow

RECIPE: Action Cookbook’s Who Hash

COCKTAIL: Classic Eggnog

"A Visit from St. Nicholas", as recounted on Nextdoor

It's time for the ACBN Holiday Party

RECIPE: Salted Bourbon Brown Butter Derby Bars

COCKTAIL: Jingle Juice

Meet the 28-Year-Old CEO Who's Disrupting Christmas

Cookbook's got a brand new (mail)bag

Gettin' Hygge With It

RECIPE: Italian Wedding Soup, ACBN-Style

COCKTAIL: Flor de Jerez

50 Ways to Leave December

December's Big Lie

December is the Time For Sparkles (and Stew)

RECIPE: Pork Paprikash with Pappardelle

COCKTAIL: Two Fig-Based Cocktails

What To Get Everyone *Else* In Your Life

It's annual performance review time

Welcome to the Last Minute

RECIPE: Spinach-Artichoke Rolls

COCKTAIL: Rosemary Whiskey Fix

What's on your Thanksgiving table?

An Ode to Friendsgiving

RECIPE: Goat Cheese Croquettes with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Basil

COCKTAIL: The Kir Republic

I Have Been Commissioned to Write a New Alma Mater Song

Who Are You?

The Calm Before the Storm

RECIPE: Sheet-Pan Chicken Thighs with Pears, Green Beans, Feta and Honey

COCKTAIL: The Last Word

There is no other place

You Make The Rules

Take Your Time Back

RECIPE: Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

COCKTAIL: Sazerac

MEALS: RANKED

And Now, Some Rejected Cocktails

Friday of the Dead

RECIPE: Sweet Potato, Kale, Mushroom & Black Bean Soup

COCKTAIL: November Rain

Saturday, From Scratch

Friday (Cookbook's Version)

RECIPE: Kentuckiana Hot Loin Pizza

COCKTAIL: The Sea Serpent

What *is* pizza, anyway?

"That's what we're waiting for."

This Year's Chili

RECIPE: Smashburger Chili

COCKTAIL: The Apple Orchard Old-Fashioned

How Haunted Is This House?

Meet the person who designs all children's toy packaging

Everything happens in October

RECIPE: The Super Saturday Strata

COCKTAIL: Wisconsin Old-Fashioned

Take another little piece of my heart

There's no such thing as a clean record

Autumn Antics for the People

RECIPE: Picadillo-style Meatloaf

COCKTAIL: The French '72

"... I could just use a minute, you know?"

"A newsletter? What's it about?"

Take Me to the Fancy Farm

RECIPE: Pork Chops with Espresso Maple Glaze and Miso-Brown Butter Grits

COCKTAIL: Rosemary-Peach-Sorghum Old-Fashioned

It's Fall, Y'all!

The Queen's Bees Learn Of Her Passing

Back To Life, Back To Reality

RECIPE: Weekday Chicken Salad

COCKTAIL: The Paper Plane

Let Action Cookbook Plan Your Wedding

I've Got Nothing to Complain About

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

RECIPE: Red Beans and Rice

COCKTAIL: The Gran Turismo

A Field Guide to Dad T-Shirts

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Let's give summer the ol' double-bird

RECIPE: Dueling Chicken Rubs

COCKTAIL: Negroni Sangria

Ah, geez, it's dinnertime again?

My time with a grade-school tycoon

Monsters of the Midway

RECIPE: Peanut Butter Chocolate Pulled Pork Waffle

COCKTAIL: Pink Lemonade Shake-Ups

Confessions of a Kitchen Gadget Obsessive

Somewhere, there's baseball.

Cleaning out summer's closet

RECIPE: Hula Burger

COCKTAIL: The Summer Jam (Taylor's Version)

Who wants to go to the grocery store?

The trouble with Scott Hines

Vanilla, but far from plain.

RECIPE: Tomato Jam with Vanilla

COCKTAIL: Creamsicle Margarita

Oh god, I'm a Hot Sauce Guy, aren't I?

The best parenting advice I ever received

Summer's got a few surprises left.

RECIPE: Chicken Chile Verde Burgers

COCKTAIL: The Surprise Lily

"Don't you miss it here?"

Look Who's Got Mail, Too

Midnight in the Garden of Good Zucchini

RECIPE: Cacio e Pepe Zucchini Fritters

COCKTAIL: Dirty Martini

Flying Over Water

You've got mail(bag)

The Friday Side Quest

RECIPE: Broccoli-Bacon Salad

COCKTAIL: The Army-Navy

Five summer recipes and a question

I think you should make friends online

Who the heck is Action Cookbook?

RECIPE: Walking Chowder

COCKTAIL: The ACBN Mai Tai

If we have to have corporate stadium names, here are a few I would accept.

Our Pokémon Year

July Isn't Real

RECIPE: Capolavoro Sandwich

COCKTAIL: Action Cookbook's Revitalizing Tonic

When you're here, you're family, right? (That's what they want you to think.)

Just Watch The Fireworks

COCKTAIL: The Chicago-Style Margarita

RECIPE: Achiote-Mustard Rubbed Turkey Breast

How can you write about food at a time like this?

History happens, and we go to work

We're gonna lean this ladder up against the water tower

RECIPE: Tonnato Pasta Salad

COCKTAIL: The New-Fashioned

Kelly's Pub Is Closed

Two Vacation Photos

Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the deep-fried ribs

RECIPE: Chicken-Fried Ribs

COCKTAIL: The World's Best (Boozy) Iced Coffee

[wheels TV cart into classroom]

Seafood, clear liquor and chill tunes? It must be summer.

RECIPE: The Soft-Shell Crab "CLT"

COCKTAIL: The Summer Friday

What do Dads want?

What are your songs of the summer?

It's not leftovers, it's a succession plan.

RECIPE: BBQ Fried Rice

COCKTAIL: The Silverado

40 things I've learned the hard way

Finding The Rhythm

RECIPE: The Lost Pasta

COCKTAIL: The Devil Went Down To Destin

A World Like This

What Did You Bring Me?

The ACBN Is For The Children

RECIPE: The Ultimate Kid Pizza

DRINK: PB&J Smoothie

Dispatches from the Death Spot

The Morning Dance

Good Omens

RECIPE: Derby Salad

COCKTAIL: Blueberry Collins

Here's To Buttered Noodles and Bad Pizza

A Recent Transplant From Gotham City Adjusts to Life in Columbus, OH

A Horse of a Different Color

RECIPE: Kentucky Yakitori

COCKTAIL: The Taylor Boulevard

The Perfect House

Hot Dog: Origins

It's Gonna Be May

RECIPE: Barcelona Boudin Balls

COCKTAIL: Kalimotxo

I Hate That I Love The NFL Draft

What's your perfect weekend?

It's All Ohio

RECIPE: The Polish Boy

COCKTAIL: The Slavic Village

The Most Memorable Meals We Ever Had

The Last Egg

The Taxman Comes Around

RECIPE: Bean Counter Salad

COCKTAIL: The Amended Return

A Hole In My Head

The Best Donut In Town

Let There Be Rock

RECIPE: Green Chile Pimento Cheese

COCKTAIL: The Azalea

What We Talk About When We Argue About Food

The Fox, the Chicken and the Rowboat

We won't get fooled again

RECIPE: ACBN Chopped

COCKTAIL: The Flaming Cookbook

The Best Worst Writing Class In The World

The Five Parents You Meet At A Child's Birthday Party

Spring's about to break (me)

RECIPE: Spinach and Ricotta Pasta

COCKTAIL: The Zyrtec

The best moment of my day

Let's shout out some ingredients

The scheme falls apart

RECIPE: Sheet-Pan Cubanos with Mojo Pork

COCKTAIL: The B&B

How To Succeed at Brackets Without Really Trying

What happened at 2:01am on Saturday?

What's Luck Got To Do With It?

RECIPE: Irish Corned Beef Burger with Stout Sauce

COCKTAIL: The Irish Rover

Where should we eat?

Every Recipe Is A Story

In Like Lions

RECIPE: Potato Chip-Crusted Fish Fry

COCKTAIL: Ramos Gin Fizz

A message from the first robin of springtime

Dad Sounds, Ranked

Dawn of the Dads

RECIPE: The AC-Griddle

COCKTAIL: Rosemary-Blood Orange Spritz

The Long Run

There should be a Reese's Ball.

BEEF WEEKEND III

RECIPE: Coca-Cola and Chipotle-Braised Beef

COCKTAIL: St. Charles Punch

Intro To Culinary Education

My Dog Needs A Job

Big Game Hunting

RECIPE: Buffalo Chicken Bake

COCKTAIL: The Bengal Tiger

The ACBN Oscars Preview

The Super Bowl is decadent and depraved and that's okay

You can hurry love.

RECIPE: Roasted Cauliflower Puree with Buttermilk and Gouda

COCKTAIL: Bufala Negra

What would you do with 5,000 of today?

Age Appropriate

It's one thing to start out with a positive jam

RECIPE: Chipotle-Cheddar-Chorizo Bread

COCKTAIL: The Handsome Idiot

Tech has nothing left to sell us

I still hear you roar

Escape Velocity

RECIPE: Kofta Kebab Burgers

COCKTAIL: Cynar Toronto

My Remote Learning Diary

Who ate the food off of the counter?

Everything's a mess!

RECIPE: Tamale Pie

COCKTAIL: The Trinidad Sour

Do you want to build a snow globe?

"You guys'll be chalk outlines without me."

We're going supersonic

RECIPES: Salmon Burgers with Cream Cheese-Dill Spread

COCKTAIL: The Nor'easter

Is this a bad time to announce the launch of my revolutionary blood-testing company?

You say you want a resolution?