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Continue reading →: Pouding Chômeur: The Dessert that Refuses to QuitIf you’ve never heard of pouding chômeur, allow me to introduce you to the best thing to come out of the Great Depression, since, well….did anything else good come out of the Great Depression? (actually, don’t answer that…a quick Google search suggests that I am 10000% wrong and that sliced…
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Continue reading →: The Best Apple Crisp Recipe Ever (My Mom’s Apple Crisp Recipe!)It has been at least 90° every day this week….swamp ass season is in full force and I am honestly completely over it. I have been counting down the days until fall since the Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup on June 17th. With fall season comes the much heated…
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Continue reading →: Liquid Gold & Kitchen Sorcery: My Love Affair with Flavored Olive Oils and Balsamic VinegarsSome people collect stamps, or dolls, or buttons. I collect chihuahuas, and bottles of flavored olive oil and balsamic vinegar like a culinary Leprechaun hoarding gold coins. To me, these are the ultimate cheat codes in the kitchen. They’re a way to take something plain and basic, and make it…
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Continue reading →: Welcome to Semi-Enlightened Thoughts with KiraSo, here’s the deal: I built Hangry in Maine to be fun, sharp, and full of food, recipes, and a little attitude-a place where extra cheese is a love language, and sarcasm is sprinkled around like garlic powder. And I love that version of me–the witty, hangry, sometimes feral kitchen…
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Continue reading →: Garlic Scape Quiche (For When you Want to Feel Impressive, but Can’t Emotionally Commit to a Souffle)This quiche is what happens when you want to feel classy, but deep down you’re just a little too chaotic, hungry, and aggressively pro-cheese. Fun fact: I am lactose intolerant but also emotionally dependent on cheese. Never had a garlic scape before? They are those weird, curly green things that…
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Continue reading →: Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee (Because We all Deserve Fancy Things)There’s something deeply therapeutic about setting sugar on fire. Enter: creme brulee. It’s smooth, it’s rich, and it literally cracks under pressure. (Relatable…except for the rich part.) This is not your grandma’s comfort dessert…unless your grandma was secretly a French pastry chef with excellent taste and no patience for mediocracy.…
Hi there,
I’m Kira
Welcome to Hangry in Maine, my passion project–a place where I can eat through my feelings, find joy in the little things, and share my recipes; ranging from healthy to hearty to things that’ll hold your hand when your life falls apart.
Hangry in Maine 