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Life after layoffs: How empanadas gave me a sense of belonging

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Food stylist: Amelia Rampe. Prop stylist: Brooke Deonarine. (Rocky Luten/Food52)

A very good thing to make with all those overripe bananas sitting on your counter

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Food stylist: Anna Billingskog. Prop stylist: Brooke Deonarine. (James Ransom/Food52)

Moussaka, but make it Bulgarian

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Food stylist: Anna Billingskog. Prop stylist: Brooke Deonarine. (Rocky Luten/Food52)

The hot chocolate bread pudding that makes my Peruvian Christmas

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This may be the best way to eat a mussel

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The bigger story behind my mother’s “hamburger soup”

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The unbridled joy of layered mayonnaise salads

Carlos C. Olaechea