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time for some Serious french onion soup
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Bryan loved the soup so much he tried to marry it.
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three hours later...
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Now watch them wilt and brown!
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Yes, that's a box of tissues next to the quarts of sliced onion.
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Yes, that's some home-baked bread on top.
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Our clothes may have smelled like onions the next day, but it was worth it.
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dreamy ground lamb sandwich
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Leslie tests no-knead bread recipes: last year's NY Times version vs. Cook's new and improved recipe.
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We wrap Christmas gifts to ship to Texas.
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dough rising peacefully in its sling
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cauliflower pasta dish, with dry jack and anchovies
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Leslie can't help herself
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Debbie adopted a family-in-need for Christmas; she and Laurel wrap gifts for them.
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new and old bread loaves
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Leslie shows off her favorite wrapping job.
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and their new poker chips!
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bread: baked! (cooks version)
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hot stuff
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We welcome 2008 in style at Laurel's.
piemaking
Nope, the food preparation doesn't stop just because we're in Dallas (the ridiculous close-ups do).
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And feast on the fruits of their local fish market.
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tomatillos, ready to roast