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Cooking and Baking at 6,200 Feet: A Castle Rock Kitchen Field Guide
Why your cake sinks, your cookies spread and your pasta takes forever, plus the adjustments that fix each one.
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Eat well, cook well, picnic well
Guides for people who eat, cook and gather outdoors in Castle Rock, including the quirks of cooking at 6,200 feet.
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