How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
Deviled eggs are always the first thing to go at parties. But people keep trying to dress them up, make them "fancy" and "sophisticated". Which usually means paprika on top. Ooh, exciting. :-/ I respect the classic simplicity of a good deviled egg recipe. But yeah, I'll do the paprika too, just do they don't look so boring. Well, I used to do paprika. Not any more. … [Read more...]
Anyone who knows me knows that I don't like corn syrup. I try to avoid it in anything I buy, which is surprisingly hard to do if you buy anything other than raw fruits and vegetables and unprocessed meat. Yes, we still buy some prepared foods, but less and less all the time. Jenn complains that I've ruined her. She doesn't even like things any more that she used to love. She'd rather have something good than something quick. (Score.) But then there's candy. I know it's not good for us, and … [Read more...]
After watching Food Inc. and Julie & Julia on NetFlix, their system has decided that I like food movies. (It's not rocket science, people.) So this weekend it recommended Food Matters. I had never heard of it, but the synopsis sounded promising: With a staggering number of Americans suffering from obesity and other food-related maladies, this film takes a timely and hard-hitting look at how the food we eat is helping or hurting our health, and what we can do to live (and eat) … [Read more...]
Today is a guest post from Andrew, who contributed a couple of sections to my second book, Starting From Scratch. You can see a ton of Andrew's stuff at his site, Clove Garden. If you ever have a question about specific ingredients, go check out his ridiculously thorough (or is that "thoroughly ridiculous"?) ingredients section. Take it away, Andrew. … [Read more...]
Readers Digest ran a short article in their October issue called Why That Salad Costs More than a Big Mac. The main point was: Government subsidies help ensure that healthy food tends to cost more than meals that pack on pounds. I completely agree with that. Unfortunately, the way they arrived at that conclusion is so wrong that I wish they hadn't said anything at all. … [Read more...]
