How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
Peeling an orange for a recipe is different from peeling one to eat. You generally don't want any of the white part left, so it's better to cut the orange out of the skin than to peel the skin off the orange. This works for all citrus. You're going to need this for the citrus-chocolate cake I mentioned yesterday. … [Read more...]
Cookie Monster now teaches that cookies are a "sometimes food". I think he's the wrong one to present that message, but it's absolutely right. That's one of the things I talk about over at my new site, where I show how I've lost 35 pounds since Thanksgiving. (While eating the kind of food I show on this site.) Yesterday on that site I asked if people are concerned about their kids' weight. I'd love to hear what you have to say about that. Click here and take two minutes and go answer the poll … [Read more...]
The heavenly aroma still hung in the house. But it was gone, all gone! No turkey! No turkey sandwiches! No turkey salad! No turkey gravy! Turkey Hash! Turkey a la King! Or gallons of turkey soup! Gone, ALL GONE! Did someone say turkey hash? … [Read more...]
You don't have to clarify your turkey broth. It will still make a delicious soup if it's cloudy. But clarified ... now this opens up some new possibilities. The technique I'm using is ice filtration, which I first saw on Kok Robin. You might also want to check out From Cook To Chef for some of the science behind why it works. Or just read on for the how-to. … [Read more...]
Get to know your local butcher. You might discover great stuff like the bacon burgers in this video. And if you don't find it there, you can ask. Butchers are much more willing to take special orders than the meat counter at a supermarket chain. If you're near Euclid, stop in and say Drew sent you. … [Read more...]
