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About The Perfect Pantry
- My name is Lydia Walshin. From my log house kitchen in rural northwest Rhode Island, I share recipes that use what we keep in our pantries, the usual and not-so-usual ingredients that spice up our lives.
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Recent Posts
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- Recipe for slow cooker Thai green curry chicken with broccoli and mushrooms
- Market to Pantry #27: Farmers' market, Kocaeli, Turkey
- Swedish soda bread recipe
- Slow cooker recipe for lemon-garlic chicken and white bean stew
- Brown rice and almond pilaf recipe
- Market to Pantry #26: Spice Market and Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey
- New from the archives: three fresh posts (Recipes: Burmese dry chicken curry, aggression cookies, spicy peanut noodles)
- Recipe for Greek pasta salad with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette
- Recipe for chicken and vegetable quinoa stir-fry