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We are a family of two people, two cats, and three chinchillas, living in a metro area in Pennsylvania.

Kara is an academic teaching at a small college.  Karen is a high school English teacher.  We met in college and have been in each other's lives ever since, getting married nearly 8 years ago.



We try to cook with a weekly plan, prepping meals with snacks and lunch for the week made in advance.  Because we're committed to ethical meat (and moving toward ethical dairy as much as possible), we tend to be "semi-vegetarian."  We are low-to-no soy household due to allergies. 

While we strive for healthy foods, especially heart-healthy choices, we adore all that bad-for-you stuff that one should avoid, including a deep and abiding addiction to chocolate chip cookies.

We love to cook for friends and think dietary restrictions are a fun chance to try new recipes. 

Our kitchen is fairly small - the homestead is a townhome - but well-supplied.  You should expect stuff made with the slow cooker, the pressure cooker, the standing mixer, and more.  

Freddie (aka Queen Freddie Purrcury) is by far the most popular member of the house.  (Follow her on Instagram at feministfreddie.)  Her brother Alexander, usually just called Xander, completes the free-range part of the family.
a black and white kitten sitting in a chair, her face visible over the edge of the dining room table
Freddie waits at the table.
an all-gray cat sitting in a white laundry basket
Xander thinks he's helpful around the house.

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