How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
This is a great example of why it's good to see pictures with recipes. What you see here was incredibly simple and really tasty but, it turns out, not quite how potatoes Anna traditionally comes out. I'll try the traditional version next time I'm looking to impress guests, but I think for myself I'll stick with this ... deconstructed version. (Makes it sound intentional when I say it that way, doesn't it? … [Read more...]
The idea for this pie came from some comments on my post about how to make a graham cracker crust. I knew I wanted to do a Snickerdoodle crust, but couldn't decide what to put in it. Eventually it came down to either chocolate, or banana creme. Then I remembered I'm the kind of person who hates choosing which one I like best, so I just did both of them at the same time. … [Read more...]
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...]
