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    Good Food

    Creating zen while washing the kitchen dishes

    It all starts with a bowl of sudsy water and a stack of dirty dishes.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Mar 13, 2020 • 1 min read

    It all starts with a bowl of sudsy water and a stack of dirty dishes. From there, Peter Miller offers a primer on elevating the chore of cleaning up after meals, and some anecdotes over the little things he has learned while standing over the kitchen sink. His book is “How to Wash the Dishes.”

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    Soap, water, and washing up
    1. 0:00Creating zen while washing the kitchen dishesYou’re reading this
    2. 9:22How coronavirus and school closures affect low-income students’ access to food
    3. 16:56Bean sales surge at Santa Monica Farmer’s Market following coronavirus
    4. 25:36Escargot, oysters, salad: The menu for one man’s last meal
    5. 38:34Xiang La Hui review: Dishes to try at Alhambra’s new Sichuan mecca
    6. 44:35Fermenting with master forager Pascal Baudar
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    The full episode

    1 of 6
    Soap, water, and washing up
    1. 0:00Creating zen while washing the kitchen dishesYou’re reading this
    2. 9:22How coronavirus and school closures affect low-income students’ access to food
    3. 16:56Bean sales surge at Santa Monica Farmer’s Market following coronavirus
    4. 25:36Escargot, oysters, salad: The menu for one man’s last meal
    5. 38:34Xiang La Hui review: Dishes to try at Alhambra’s new Sichuan mecca
    6. 44:35Fermenting with master forager Pascal Baudar
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