Kathy Gunst is the resident chef of NPR’s Here and Now and the author of 16 cookbooks. Her latest is "Rage Baking — The Transformative Power of Flour, Fury, and Women’s Voices" (Tiller Press/Simon and Schuster).
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Almost all the work for these dishes is done ahead of time so you can run into the kitchen during the commercials and heat something up, grab a few bowls...
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