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Recipes to get you started in 2025
The Straits Times
|January 12, 2025
In 2025, there is room for improvement. That room is the kitchen. Second only to people's places of work, it hosts a good chunk of their waking hours making it a natural focal point of annual resolution-making.
Maybe in 2024, you aspired to more baking, more meatless cooking or simply more cooking. If you need ideas for the new year, below are two goals, shared among members of The New York Times Cooking and Food staff, along with recipes to keep you on track for success.
This story is from the January 12, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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