How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
A while back I showed how to make a graham cracker crust. Down in the comments we got to discussing what other cookies would make a good crust. Of course I thought, "Snickerdoodles!" So here's the crust. I'll fill it tomorrow. … [Read more...]
When I was little, I had a cookbook for kids. It had twelve recipes, one for each month. The only one I remember is October: Snickerdoodles. I loved those things. For some reason I didn't have them for a long time. Then, several years ago, I had them at a Christmas party. One of the few things I remember from my childhood that are as good as I remember. Why don't more people make these? … [Read more...]
These no-bake cookies are ridiculously good, especially considering what's in them. I can almost guarantee you're going to read them and think, "Drew has lost it, there's no way that's as good as he says." But they are. And they're easy. Besides, they'll take you about a half-hour beginning to end. What have you got to lose by trying? Then if you thought I was crazy, you'll have a moral obligation to leave a comment below apologizing for being so wrong about me. … [Read more...]
Crushing Rice Krispies is easy. Crushing them without having them end up everywhere is a bit harder. Unless you do something like this. … [Read more...]
If this isn't the least-precise recipe you've ever seen, it probably wins the title among things I've posted here. The reason is I've finally really accepted that there is no single perfect chili recipe. There are as many ways to make good chili as there are ways to serve it: Over nachos, in a bread bowl, on a hot dog, with sour cream and fresh veggies on top, with crackers, etc. etc. etc. For this batch, I wanted two kinds of chili, and didn't want to use two pots to do it. So with one pot, … [Read more...]
