How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
Okay, maybe you're not an American at all. But that doesn't mean you know the local manners all around the world either. Try this quick quiz to see if you could do a world tour without offending the locals. Let me know down in the comments how you did. No cheating! You're on the honor system. (I got 7 out of 11.) … [Read more...]
Candy doesn't need to be colorful to be good. It doesn't need to be shaped like bears, or bottle caps, or diamond rings. It just needs to be loaded with sugar, with no redeeming nutritional value. So these egg kisses must be just about the perfect candy. (This is another recipe from The Kappa Key To Cookery.) … [Read more...]
In last week's newsletter (click here to sign up, if you haven't already) I wrote about school lunch programs, and how they cut costs by serving pre-made food in boxes rather than cooking. I got this letter in response. === I am a lunch lady at my local public school. What you said in your newsletter about schools not wanting to hire people to actually COOK, is correct. They don't want to SPEND THE MONEY on employees taking all the time it would take to make things from scratch, or even … [Read more...]
Food Network is always showing competitions where cake or candy makers have 8 hours to make the most amazing whatever-it-is that they're making. They're not judged just on the finished product, but on how clean they work. Meaning, do they keep their work area clean while they're working? I usually work clean when I'm cooking. It's a habit I picked up when I worked in a restaurant in college. There's no way you cook for a 12 hour shift and wait until the end to clean everything up. You'd run … [Read more...]
I won't pretend these aren't bad for you. But if you're going to eat chocolate, you're better off eating good chocolate that satisfies with just a little bit. That's why I switched to dark chocolate several years ago. One piece satisfies a chocolate craving. Unlike the leading brand, which is designed to be so bland you eat and eat and eat and never quite get enough chocolate to kill the craving. These are little nuggets of yum that target the craving and kill it in one shot. Some people … [Read more...]
