How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
When you see "free range chicken" on the label, do you think that means they grew up outside -- like in that picture above -- then came home to a roost each night? That's sure what it sounds like, isn't it? Well ... not quite. … [Read more...]
If you've been following since August of 2008*, you might remember me saying that the bruschetta pizza disappeared before I was able to get any. These pineapple cookies must have been even better, because I never even got the photo of them after coming out of the oven before they got snarfed up. UPDATE: Obviously that's the right picture now. So if this looks familiar, yes you saw it last week. They looked just about like snickerdoodles, and tasted sort of like a sugar cookie, but with a … [Read more...]
I got a new toy The fine folks at Lamson & Goodnow sent me a review sample of their walnut handle chef knife, but unfortunately I didn't get it until late yesterday, after I had already made dinner. This matters because everything I show on this site was made for us to eat. I don't make it just for the pictures. Before I even get to practical issues, I absolutely love that this looks like something out of Star Trek. … [Read more...]
Some people don't eat meat. They all have their own reasons, and I'm not here to talk about those today. What I want to talk about is the fake meat some of them eat instead. Before even looking to closely at the substitutions, I think it's a bad idea on principle. They came up with margarine instead of butter ... how's that working out? If I want butter I'm going to eat butter. If I get it into my head that I'm eating too much butter* I'll eat something else instead of butter. But it won't be … [Read more...]
The first time I had Carolina-style BBQ was at the Cleveland Rib Cook-off several years ago. I knew the sauce didn't look like any of the others, so I gave it a try. It was amazing. I've been looking for something similar ever since, but have only found a few examples, and they were like most commercial sauces: corn syrup and spices. So I finally decided to give it a try myself. … [Read more...]
