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Mary Elizabeth Williams

A dessert that saves sad office lunches

Pudding Cups Mary Elizabeth Williams
In "Quick & Dirty," Salon Food's Mary Elizabeth Williams serves up simplified recipes and shortcuts for exhausted cooks just like you — because quick and dirty should still be delicious.

When did lunch become so depressing? Do you also feel like you can't recall the time your workday wasn't bisected with a joylessly consumed sad desk salad or a hastily gobbled granola bar in the car? Lunch, why are you bumming me out?

Lately, I've been feeling inspired to reclaim my midday meal. Thankfully, my catalyst was Jessie Sheehan's charming new book, "Snackable Bakes: 100 Easy-Peasy Recipes for Exceptionally Scrumptious Sweets and Treats."

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