From The New York Times:  In kitchens across the world, focaccia gardens are blooming.  On top of the flatbreads, cherry tomatoes open like petals, with long scallion stalks for stems.  Yellow-pepper sunflowers stand tall with Kalamata olives at their center.  Red onions bud in bushes made from fresh herbs.

As pandemic activities on social media go, this one might just be the prettiest. Home bakers decorate their focaccia with bouquets and swirls:  The flat, white dough is an easy canvas, and just as simple to prepare.  During a spring when so many of us are confined, decorating them allows many bakers to bring the outdoors inside by tending these edible gardens.

Focaccia is basically foolproof.  It might require some stretching to fit the pan, but the dough is strikingly hands-off:  You mix it with a spoon in a matter of minutes.

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Always a popular option for a single meal with the minimum amount of fuss, the mug recipe can be made quickly, does not heat up the kitchen and makes cleaning up a cinch. For recipes both savory and sweet, from soup to nuts, as well as some practical advice, we turned to The Washington Post . The 34 mug cake recipes featured in Country Living  more than satisfied our sweet tooth. As we tentatively come out of hibernation, celebrations with family and friends could feature individual meals prepared by each guest.

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