One Sunday we drove to Maryland.

Lunch date

npr:

Nearly 700 Native American children in South Dakota are being removed from their homes every year, sometimes in questionable circumstances.

(via Native Foster Care: Lost Children, Shattered Families)

Photo: John Poole / NPR

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1 filling, two sides.

1 lb ground beef (both recipes originally call for ground pork) with chopped yellow onions, chopped mushrooms, sliced scallions, and chopped garlic.  Seasoned with sesame oil, fish sauce, and salt and pepper. 

See The Ravenous Couple for actual measurements here and here.  My ingredients are slightly modified.

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Nicole Martinez.

Can’t wait to go home and make a cup of hot chocolate.  Image and recipe c/o David Lebovitz.

Smitten Kitchen’s apple pie cookies.  The name says it all.

One of my fondest memories of Berlin was Kakao, where I had the most indulgent, rich, delicious hot chocolate.  NPR knows what I’m talking about.

Wallpaper made me smile today.  Image c/o Garance Dore.

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Velica.