What was cooking in The Kitchn this time last year? Well, plenty of escapes, plus five ways to eat more fruit, some DIY wedding desserts, recipes for baba ghanoush, focaccia bread, and more. Click the thumbnails to go to nine of our favorite posts, and click through for more below.

• Wedding food planning: Celebrations: Desserts for a Wedding, How To: Plan a Wedding Reception Menu, and Celebrations: Wedding Dessert Reception Menu

• Virtual CSA Box: Peaches

• The Celluloid Pantry: Baby Carrots and Rushmore (1999)

• Design Friday: Bird Bread

• Five Ways To: Eat More Fruit

• Try This! Grilled Pork Chops with Tomato Peach Relish

• Good Question: Where Can I Find Squash Blossoms?

• Conscientious Cook: Farm Bill Food Battle

• Recipe: Mom's Rosemary Focaccia

• Burned: Big Blender Mistake

• Housewarming: Molded Plywood Trays

• Recipe: D.I.Y. Baba Ghanoush

• Escapes: Farm Visits

• XL Spoons

• Escapes: Scharffen Berger Factory Tour

• Design Friday: Alligator Juniper Bowls

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