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Home cooks share their backwards approach to cooking

Original: I don’t know if anyone else does this but I tend to cook and bake “backwards”. I get an idea in my head about a specific

A cook describes working backwards in the kitchen: picking an ingredient first, then hunting for a recipe to match. Her example was a craving for tarragon that led her to a carrot soup flavoured with the herb. The habit has struck a chord with others who say they also cook around a single spice rather than a planned dish.

Why now: The relatable, quirky habit of cooking around one ingredient is prompting people to share their own versions.

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• I don’t know if anyone else does this but I tend to cook and bake “backwards”. I get an idea in my head about a specific herb or spice and then I need to find a recipe that uses it. Today I absolutely had to cook with tarragon, and I came across a carrot soup with # tarragon… · coleenwalter · 13

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