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My Kitchen Year follows the change of seasons���and Reichl���s emotions���as she slowly heals through the simple pleasures of cooking. While working 24/7, Reichl would ���throw quick meals together��� for her family and friends. Now she has the time to rediscover what cooking meant to her. Imagine kale, leaves dark and inviting, saut��ed with chiles and garlic; summer peaches baked into a simple cobbler; fresh oysters chilling in a box of snow; plump chickens and earthy mushrooms, fricasseed with cream. Over the course of this challenging year, each dish Reichl prepares becomes a kind of stepping stone to finding joy again in ordinary things.