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September 7, 2026
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What goes on the table besides chips and guacamole?

Feeding eight people next weekend and I have got the burritos handled. Everything I think of for the table is either chips with something, or a salad that nobody will eat. What actually gets finished at your table?

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September 7, 2026
Three things that always go, in order of how little work they are. Street corn off the cob, in a bowl, with the lime and chile and cheese stirred through. Takes ten minutes and disappears first every time. Quick pickled red onion, which is fifteen minutes of work the day before and makes everything else on the table better. And a bowl of radishes with salt and lime, which sounds like nothing and gets eaten completely. Skip the salad. You are right that nobody will eat it.