Your Monday Lunch Break Reading List

Life moves pretty fast, as Ferris Bueller says. Here's a selection of our favorite stories from the site this weekend.

Saturday

• We chatted with the Peg and Awl, the makers behind the Food52-exclusive Reclaimed Wood Kitchen Cubby.
• We also came up with a few things to keep in it.
• Cereal cocktails!
• Freezing bread is the best way to keep it fresh for a long time—we figured out the best way to defrost it.

Sunday

• Posie Harwood found a better pumpkin loaf.
• What on Earth do you eat the Wednesday before Thanksgiving? The Food52 community shared their holiday eve traditions.
• Kristen gave us 32 Genius Recipes to whip out for Thankgiving.

More from last week:

Monday

• We kicked off Pie Week with 14 pies to make this fall.
• We gave you a pop quiz of food in art.
• Chinese take-out got a run for its money.
• Kenzi put together everything you ever wanted to know about Thanksgiving.

Tuesday

• You always wondered how caterers pull it all off, so we got the 411.
• Sarah blinded us with science.
• All our deep-fried cheese dreams came true.
• Josh Friedland schooled us in the history of food inside of food inside of food inside of...

Wednesday

• Though it needs no vindication (because it is delicious), Caroline came to the defense of milk chocolate's good name.
• Amanda found some great ideas to get your home smelling fall-fresh.
• We combined four beautiful words to spectacular results: Deep. Dish. Pot. Pie.
• Popcorn for breakfast? OKAY!

Thursday

• Leslie broke it to us gently: tea really does have an expiration date. But not all is lost!
• We found that Cake vs. Pie is a thing... but it doesn't have to be.
• Green bean casserole got sexy.
• Riddley got to the bottom of baking fat basics.

Friday

• You heard it here first: pie shake.
• You wanted our recipe search improved? Done!
• Fall means beautiful foliage, and beautiful foliage means... pressed leaves!
• Your favorite desserts got the pie treatment.