culinary disaster recovery 2025-09-20T12:53:58Z
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There I stood in my kitchen at 4:37 PM, cold sweat trickling down my spine as I stared into the abyss of my refrigerator. Mom's 60th surprise party started in 83 minutes, and my promised homemade lamb stew existed only as phantom aromas in my imagination. The butcher's closing time had slipped my mind amid work chaos, leaving me with three wilted carrots and existential dread. My trembling fingers stabbed at my phone screen like it owed me money. The Grocery Panic Button