How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
This recipe is completely unnecessary. Most people are satisfied with a bowl of chips, a bowl of cheese, and a bowl of chili. Presto, you've got nachos. Just what you need for a crowd. But when you're doing nachos for two, you can do a little better than that. … [Read more...]
One more fake food comes off my list of guilty pleasures. I'm a sucker for nachos with cheese sauce. I've had the "cheese" sauce in jars and in cans. Have you ever read the ingredients in those things? Some of them don't list a single dairy ingredient. That's so nasty. But they taste so gooood. I finally went looking for recipes to make nacho cheese sauce from real food. And maybe some actual cheese. (I know ... crazy, huh?) So did it work? Well, like I said, one more fake food I won't be … [Read more...]
I've read a lot of really old cookbooks. And when I say "old" I mean back to medieval English. But I have never seen anything quite like this little gem. I haven't read the whole thing yet, so I'm holding out hope there's something even more amazing. But I had to share the first few things I found. … [Read more...]
"Perfect Chili" ... that's a pretty bold claim. But it's one I have absolute confidence in. I started making chili when I worked at a restaurant in college. The recipe started with 20 pounds of ground beef and 4 gallons of tomatoes. And a really big pot. Every couple of weeks when I made it I'd refine the recipe a little more. Until finally, I thought it was perfect. Then I tried to make it at home. My "perfect" recipe called for several pounds of chili powder. How many cups was that? I … [Read more...]
I think I'm going to start annoying people this fall. Have you ever had a friend "discover" some wonderful new plan for their life and couldn't wait to tell everyone about it? I'm that person now. I've had a conversion. I make bread now. And I'm going to tell everyone allllllll about it. … [Read more...]
