How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
Lots of summer grilling isn't about recipes. It's about good food, cooked simply and well. One of the great things about doing it this way it you can do a variety of dishes all at the same time. This night it was chicken thighs for the kids and kielbasi for the adults. … [Read more...]
Three weeks ago I stuffed a couple of dozen chive blossoms in a bottle and filled it with white vinegar. I expected the color to be really nice, and the flavor to be pretty much like plain vinegar. I was half right. The color is nice. But the flavor is even more intense than the color. … [Read more...]
Deviled eggs are the Rodney Dangerfield of party foods: they get no respect. But bring a plate of them and they’ll all disappear. You can add all kinds of extras to them, make them look fancy if you want. As long as you get the basics right you’ll have a winner.
[Read more...]Restaurants do things differently than you would in your kitchen. Sometimes that means they make something that you would never try. For instance they'll spend a whole day making a stock, because they know they're going to get a hundred orders for the special that night. But there are a lot more tricks that you can use. Today's post is one of those tricks. … [Read more...]
During the summer I generally stick to light, simple meals. I'm not in the mood for something heavy, but more importantly I'd rather go to the pool with the girls than work in the kitchen for two hours. This goes for side dishes, too. And it just doesn't get much lighter or simpler than this tomato salad. … [Read more...]
