That’s cool, you must be an awesome person with impeccable taste. Now you’re just looking for all the ways to pay me to make your life better. I can help with that.
Depending on which supplier you’re ordering from, you may have to use one of a couple of different shopping carts. Sorry for the hassle, I’m working on an integrated solution.
How To Cook Like Your Grandmother:
2nd Edition — Illustrated
If you already know your way around the kitchen and want to jump right into the recipes, this is the book for you.
The recipes that inspired me to start writing the blog. How To Cook Like Your Grandmother is a return to recipes and techniques that are based on what tastes good, not on junk science and fad diets.
You won’t find the words lite, low, lean, free or skim anywhere. This is all real food, cooked the way Grandma would have done it.
Starting From Scratch:
The Owner’s Manual for Your Kitchen
Just starting to cook, or trying to move away from microwaved meal solutions, and you don’t know where to start? Start here.
All the “experts” want to do is show off cool new recipes. They always assume you already know the basics.
That’s where “Starting From Scratch” comes in. I’m not saying you’ll go from zero to hero just by reading it, but at least now you’ll know what those self-proclaimed experts are talking about.
E-book — $26.95
Printed — $36.95
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Readers’ Absolute Favorites from: How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
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How To Cook Like Your Grandmother: Recipe Cards
Oh, so you’re good in the kitchen and just need the ingredients and a brief description? Gotchya covered.
Start your own recipe box, or fill up the one you’ve got. How To Cook Like Your Grandmother:Recipe Cards are a perfect addition to your set. They also make great gifts.
Depending on which supplier you’re ordering from, you may have to use one of a couple of different shopping carts. Sorry for the hassle, I’m working on an integrated solution.
GillGrate
I would never cook on the grill at a public park or campground. Not only do they look nasty, I’ve seen what people do to them when they’re not cooking on them. (Seriously, who would clean their boots on it in the morning, then cook their burgers on it at night. Eww.)
The GrillGrate solves that problem. It’s sturdy enough to last for years, and non-stick even if you don’t clean it right away. You still need to lube it before cooking to get delicate foods to release, but cleanup is a snap.
The only downside is if you don’t get enough panels to cover your whole grill you’ll wish you had.
Euro-Pro Ninja Master Prep Blender and Food Processor
It may have the silliest name I’ve ever seen on a real product, but once you get past that, the thing is great. The Ninja has completely replaced my blender, and handles most of what I would want a food processor for. It doesn’t do slices, but if you’re looking for something that dices and minces at lightning speed, this does it.
Oh, and it turns ice cubes into snow, and does frozen drinks better than anything I’ve seen. It would be worth the price just for the drinks it makes through the summer.
Would you just look at this thing? Holy cow that’s cool.
I’m usually okay with doing all the prep in the kitchen and bringing the finished dish out for people to “Ooh’ and “Ahh” over it. But with this thing, you better be prepared to come watch me in the kitchen. ‘Cause this thing is freaking cool.
Yes, I’ve got a potato ricer that I still use when I want them extra smooth. But for ground beef or sausage, when I want it broken up extra fine like for chili dogs, I haven’t found anything that does a better job by hand.
I cook from scratch because the food is better that way. But when someone comes up with a product that’s as good as I would make, but more convenient? Sounds like a winner.
These Garlic Gold nuggets all start as the same toasted garlic, then get mixed with Parmesan cheese, sea salt, an Italian herb blend, or left plain. And they’re all 100% organic, too, so they’re using better ingredients than I would usually buy. (Okay, I grow my own herbs, but no garlic … yet.)
Garlic Gold, Garlic Gold Oil, and Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette Bundle
I don’t mind having dragon breath from eating garlic. I just make sure my wife eats the same thing and I’m good. But I hate when my hands smell like garlic. Go figure. So when I found Rinaldo’s Organic Garlic Gold products, I thought I just might have solved a years-long cooking problem.
And so far it’s working as planned. The Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette is crisp and flavorful and great as a salad dressing. I haven’t tried it as a marinade yet, but I have high hopes. The garlic oil … organic extra virgin olive oil infused with organic garlic … excuse me, I just realized I have some Italian bread that needs dipping …
If you look at this as just a way to cook, it’s not worth the price. If you look at it as just a serving dish, you’re missing out. It’s both … and it’s just plain cool.
This isn’t formed or pressed from salt grains. It’s a solid block of salt from a mine in Pakistan. It can withstand temperatures up to 700°F, or you can freeze it for more unusual treats like Gravlax or sashimi.
There aren’t many gadgets sold to the home cook that are rugged enough for a commercial kitchen. This line of mixers is one of them.
They come with 4-quart bowls for under $200, up to 6-quart models for nearly $400. And all of them take attachments like pasta rollers, ice cream makers and meat grinders.
Sure, most of what you can do with these do you can do by hand. But I’m telling you … you won’t. There are things I only make because this mixer makes it so easy.
Depending on which supplier you’re ordering from, you may have to use one of a couple of different shopping carts. Sorry for the hassle, I’m working on an integrated solution.
Glass Dharma – Beautiful Bends
When we got married, my wife wanted to register for “pretty” glasses. She had been drinking from plastic cups since she was a toddler, and wanted to feel like an adult. Well, we went a little too pretty, and got something so fragile we had broken three of them within two years.
So now we’ve got sturdier glasses … that’s one problem solved. But we’re still using plastic straws — In a rainbow of fun colors! — whenever we make smoothies or frozen drinks. Can’t someone come up with a straw that doesn’t look like it belongs in a playland?
Well hey, lookie here. Someone has come up with straws for grown-ups. What a perfect excuse to make some frozen drinks.
Picnic Time – Melrose Equinox – Picnic Basket
Most of the picnic sets I see are made for two, or they include wine glasses and a special compartment to store the wine bottle.
But I have kids. And they like picnics too. This set is nice enough that you can do something special — like a birthday picnic for a girl who wants to feel all grown up — but not so expensive that you’re afraid to let the kids touch it.
Anchor Hocking Glass 1 Gal Penny Candy Jar w/ Chrome Cover
Every Halloween the kids come home with pillow cases full of candy. Maybe half of it is something that they might eventually eat, but they’re not the kind of kids who will eat sweets until they’re sick. So realistically we end up with several pounds of candy that sits around the house for weeks. (Or more.)
Rather than keep it all in a bowl on the table — and don’t ask me how many times that’s been knocked over — wouldn’t it make more sense to keep it in a jar that’s designed for candy?
Whitney Smith – Nesting Lotus Bowls
Some people display collectible plates, but would never think about eating off of them.
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This set is so pretty you could set it out and most people would never realize it’s anything but a small sculpture. Get it in several colors and have a whole garden of them.
Sagaform – Small Serving Bowl Set – White
I like meals that are made up of small portions of a variety of ingredients: Beef, chicken, scallops and shrimp at one meal … yumm.
Sure, you can just mix them all together, but to me the fun is having lots of distinct tastes, and mixing them up right at the table. Which means lots of different sauces to dip into.
This set makes it easy to carry all the dips out from the kitchen together, and still pass the individual bowls around once they get to the table.
Friends’ Stuff
Not all items use the same shopping cart
Depending on which supplier you’re ordering from, you may have to use one of a couple of different shopping carts. Sorry for the hassle, I’m working on an integrated solution.
Chicken Marsala Perfected
The Reluctant Gourmet didn’t start his writing career when he was a contributor to Starting From Scratch. (I know, people had a life before they met me … hard to believe.) One of his earlier publications was an in-depth discussion of chicken marsala.
You wouldn’t think it would take 25 pages to do one recipe, but he goes into so much detail on each step that you can easily extend the concepts to other dishes. This is really a whole cooking lesson, using chicken marsala as the example for everything he teaches.
It comes with a free bonus 9-page “Mashed Potatoes Perfected” recipe, that goes into the same kind of detail:
My blog is all about what to eat, but behind it is the idea that why we eat is important, too. For Dinneen, the “why” is front-and-center.
Dinneen wrote the chapter Three Fourths of “Diet” is “Die” in Starting From Scratch. She makes her living coaching people on how to change the way they think about food. Her telecourse offers the opportunity to learn directly from her in a group setting.
The first course started March 31, 2010, but if you get in touch with Dinneen she can tell you when the next course will start.
With over 30 healthy snack recipes including traditional granola bars, iron-packed Popeye bars, and a dozen “larabar” style variations, Kitchen Stewardship’s Healthy Snacks To Go eBook is the perfect antidote to industrial snack products.
Those are affiliate links up there, so I might make a few bucks if you buy after clicking the links. You won’t pay any more because I’m getting a commission, but feel free to go look up a better deal if you want to. I’m cool with that.
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Depending on which supplier you’re ordering from, you may have to use one of a couple of different shopping carts. Sorry for the hassle, I’m working on an integrated solution.
How To Cook Like Your Grandmother:
2nd Edition — Illustrated
If you already know your way around the kitchen and want to jump right into the recipes, this is the book for you.
The recipes that inspired me to start writing the blog. How To Cook Like Your Grandmother is a return to recipes and techniques that are based on what tastes good, not on junk science and fad diets.
You won’t find the words lite, low, lean, free or skim anywhere. This is all real food, cooked the way Grandma would have done it.
Click here for international orders)
Starting From Scratch:
The Owner’s Manual for Your Kitchen
Just starting to cook, or trying to move away from microwaved meal solutions, and you don’t know where to start? Start here.
All the “experts” want to do is show off cool new recipes. They always assume you already know the basics.
That’s where “Starting From Scratch” comes in. I’m not saying you’ll go from zero to hero just by reading it, but at least now you’ll know what those self-proclaimed experts are talking about.
Readers’ Absolute Favorites from: How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
More than a million people have downloaded these recipes.
Now the most popular recipes from the blog are together in one place.
How To Cook Like Your Grandmother: Recipe Cards
Oh, so you’re good in the kitchen and just need the ingredients and a brief description? Gotchya covered.
Start your own recipe box, or fill up the one you’ve got. How To Cook Like Your Grandmother: Recipe Cards are a perfect addition to your set. They also make great gifts.
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Stuff I Use
Not all items use the same shopping cart
Depending on which supplier you’re ordering from, you may have to use one of a couple of different shopping carts. Sorry for the hassle, I’m working on an integrated solution.
GillGrate
I would never cook on the grill at a public park or campground. Not only do they look nasty, I’ve seen what people do to them when they’re not cooking on them. (Seriously, who would clean their boots on it in the morning, then cook their burgers on it at night. Eww.)
The only downside is if you don’t get enough panels to cover your whole grill you’ll wish you had.
You can see my review of it here.
Euro-Pro Ninja Master Prep Blender and Food Processor
It may have the silliest name I’ve ever seen on a real product, but once you get past that, the thing is great.
The Ninja has completely replaced my blender, and handles most of what I would want a food processor for. It doesn’t do slices, but if you’re looking for something that dices and minces at lightning speed, this does it.
Oh, and it turns ice cubes into snow, and does frozen drinks better than anything I’ve seen. It would be worth the price just for the drinks it makes through the summer.
You can check out my original review of the Ninja, where I showed what it can do to garlic and soft cheese. And here I’m making fruit smoothies with the Ninja. And finally here I’m making chicken and rice dog food (which is also yummy people food).
You can order it on Amazon
.
Lamson & Goodnow – Walnut Handle Chef Knife
Would you just look at this thing? Holy cow that’s cool.
You can see my review of it here.
Pampered Chef Mix N Chop
I didn’t want to like this tool. It seemed too “cute” to really be better than what I was already using. I was wrong.
Yes, I’ve got a potato ricer that I still use when I want them extra smooth. But for ground beef or sausage, when I want it broken up extra fine like for chili dogs, I haven’t found anything that does a better job by hand.
You can order it on Amazon
.
Seven Oaks Farm – Garlic Gold Nuggets 4pk Sampler
I cook from scratch because the food is better that way. But when someone comes up with a product that’s as good as I would make, but more convenient? Sounds like a winner.
You can see my review of it here.
Garlic Gold, Garlic Gold Oil, and Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette Bundle
I don’t mind having dragon breath from eating garlic. I just make sure my wife eats the same thing and I’m good. But I hate when my hands smell like garlic. Go figure. So when I found Rinaldo’s Organic Garlic Gold products, I thought I just might have solved a years-long cooking problem.
You can see my review of it here.
Himalayan Salt Block
If you look at this as just a way to cook, it’s not worth the price. If you look at it as just a serving dish, you’re missing out. It’s both … and it’s just plain cool.
You can see my review of it here.
KitchenAid Stand Mixer
There aren’t many gadgets sold to the home cook that are rugged enough for a commercial kitchen. This line of mixers is one of them.
Sure, most of what you can do with these do you can do by hand. But I’m telling you … you won’t. There are things I only make because this mixer makes it so easy.
You can order it on Amazon
.
Microplane
Most microplanes are pretty similar. These work much better than a grater for things like zesting citrus, or grating nutmeg and cinnamon.
You can order it on Amazon
.
Stuff I’m lusting after
Not all items use the same shopping cart
Depending on which supplier you’re ordering from, you may have to use one of a couple of different shopping carts. Sorry for the hassle, I’m working on an integrated solution.
Glass Dharma – Beautiful Bends
When we got married, my wife wanted to register for “pretty” glasses. She had been drinking from plastic cups since she was a toddler, and wanted to feel like an adult. Well, we went a little too pretty, and got something so fragile we had broken three of them within two years.
So now we’ve got sturdier glasses … that’s one problem solved. But we’re still using plastic straws — In a rainbow of fun colors! — whenever we make smoothies or frozen drinks. Can’t someone come up with a straw that doesn’t look like it belongs in a playland?
Well hey, lookie here. Someone has come up with straws for grown-ups. What a perfect excuse to make some frozen drinks.
Picnic Time – Melrose Equinox – Picnic Basket
Most of the picnic sets I see are made for two, or they include wine glasses and a special compartment to store the wine bottle.
But I have kids. And they like picnics too. This set is nice enough that you can do something special — like a birthday picnic for a girl who wants to feel all grown up — but not so expensive that you’re afraid to let the kids touch it.
Anchor Hocking Glass 1 Gal Penny Candy Jar w/ Chrome Cover
Every Halloween the kids come home with pillow cases full of candy. Maybe half of it is something that they might eventually eat, but they’re not the kind of kids who will eat sweets until they’re sick. So realistically we end up with several pounds of candy that sits around the house for weeks. (Or more.)
Rather than keep it all in a bowl on the table — and don’t ask me how many times that’s been knocked over — wouldn’t it make more sense to keep it in a jar that’s designed for candy?
Whitney Smith – Nesting Lotus Bowls
Some people display collectible plates, but would never think about eating off of them.
This set is so pretty you could set it out and most people would never realize it’s anything but a small sculpture. Get it in several colors and have a whole garden of them.
Sagaform – Small Serving Bowl Set – White
I like meals that are made up of small portions of a variety of ingredients: Beef, chicken, scallops and shrimp at one meal … yumm.
Sure, you can just mix them all together, but to me the fun is having lots of distinct tastes, and mixing them up right at the table. Which means lots of different sauces to dip into.
This set makes it easy to carry all the dips out from the kitchen together, and still pass the individual bowls around once they get to the table.
Friends’ Stuff
Not all items use the same shopping cart
Depending on which supplier you’re ordering from, you may have to use one of a couple of different shopping carts. Sorry for the hassle, I’m working on an integrated solution.
Chicken Marsala Perfected
The Reluctant Gourmet didn’t start his writing career when he was a contributor to Starting From Scratch. (I know, people had a life before they met me … hard to believe.) One of his earlier publications was an in-depth discussion of chicken marsala.
It comes with a free bonus 9-page “Mashed Potatoes Perfected” recipe, that goes into the same kind of detail:
etc.
Click here to check it out.
Dinneen Diette’s Intuitive Eating Success TeleCourse
My blog is all about what to eat, but behind it is the idea that why we eat is important, too. For Dinneen, the “why” is front-and-center.
The first course started March 31, 2010, but if you get in touch with Dinneen she can tell you when the next course will start.
Click here for more info.
Healthy Snacks To Go
With over 30 healthy snack recipes including traditional granola bars, iron-packed Popeye bars, and a dozen “larabar” style variations, Kitchen Stewardship’s Healthy Snacks To Go eBook is the perfect antidote to industrial snack products.
Click here to visit Katie Kimball @ Kitchen Stewardship.
Those are affiliate links up there, so I might make a few bucks if you buy after clicking the links. You won’t pay any more because I’m getting a commission, but feel free to go look up a better deal if you want to. I’m cool with that.