Closed Loop Cooking Weekly Newsletter 12.15.23

December 15th, 2023

Hi friends,

With my last newsletter of 2023, I’m closing out the year in hibernation mode. It's been a whirlwind of new endeavors, exciting collaborations, and a push towards better content. Always striving to create sustainably, I’m setting an intention for the New Year to make work from a place of mindful balance. CLC elevates circularity, and that should include the “making of” itself. Every action implies energy, so how best to practice this symmetry?

In seasonal style, cyclical nature reigns and I will take actual rest. Much like winter produce, our best flavors develop with time, sugars all the more sweet the longer they root. I’m looking forward to my own underground growth, letting the next few weeks of winter replenish my stores.

A very happy holiday to you and I’ll see you in your inbox come January!

Rest to–

Stay hungry,Hawnuh Lee | Founder, Closed Loop Cooking

Homemade love this holiday season.

The dish >>

• Stamped wrapping paper is a great upcycle this holiday season.

• Eyes on the open comment period for the USDA food loss reduction strategy draft.

• Enjoying this festive cinnamon apple spelt cake for the rest of the year.

• Ok but I would cave for this mandolin.

• Just drying my holiday rom-com tears on these onion hankies.

• If you’re able–here’s what food pantries actually want you to donate.

• I too, freeze my compost. (And you can too!)

• More handmade gifting ideas for all your friends + fam.

This is the only parcel I want this holiday.

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