Introvert's Guide To The Good Life: How To Bake Away Your Feelings This Fall

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Introvert's Guide To The Good Life: How To Bake Away Your Feelings This Fall

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Sep 15, 2020

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Like it or not these seasons are a changing! And that means right now is a great opportunity to embrace flavors from late summer and early fall, and to make a chocolate zucchini cake! We talk with baker and cookbook author Shauna Sever — all about all the spices you should have, sourdoughs you should start, and pies you should scarf down immediately.

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Sep 15, 2020

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Introvert's Guide To The Good Life: How To Bake Away Your Feelings This Fall

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