How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
Fondue is a total pain in the butt to do. It can be really delicious, but lots of things are delicious. And they aren't such a hassle. Fact is, the hassle is why we do it. It turns dessert into a social activity. Anyone can buy a cake. We need more socializing. … [Read more...]
Apple pie. Dutch apple pie. Caramel apple pie. French apple pie. Okay, I got it, there are about a million different apple pie recipes. (Five million, actually, according to Google.) But you don't see apple cake very often. Which doesn't make any sense to me, because this thing is awesome. It's my wife's great-great-grandmother's recipe. Yes, the same one we got the bread bowl from. … [Read more...]
Wow, I didn't even remember shooting these pictures until I downloaded my camera. Cool, bonus post! What's extra cool is at least one person is already drooling over this idea. (I'm looking at you, Bob.) So here it is, how to turn leftover fajita fixin's into a killer breakfast burrito. … [Read more...]
I've finally nailed my fajita recipe. This has been my go-to dish at Mexican restaurants for years, like ordering spaghetti and meatballs at an Italian restaurant: If they can't get this right, they can't get anything right. Funny thing is, I could never get it right myself. Until now. … [Read more...]
Pico de gallo is not salsa. It looks like mostly the same ingredients, and it is. But the proportions are completely different. This is not a sauce -- salsa is just the Spanish word for sauce, after all -- it's more like a salad. A fresh, zesty, simple salad that is great on its own, and makes lots of other dishes even better. … [Read more...]
