Tag Archives: cooking What do you do when the kindest person turns out to be the worst cook? Though I believe that anyone can make good food, I also understand that there are some people who are really lousy in the kitchen. I’m sure there are a myriad of reasons, from not knowing what to do, to disinterest, […] I love Alton Brown! Or at least I think I do; I certainly love his recipes, and the one I made last week for company was no exception! Once again I (apologetically) refer to my favorite Food Network show The Best Thing I Ever Made. This time in the episode “Updated Classics” Brown made a […]  Last week I was watching The Best Thing I Ever Ate, and one of the chefs offered this gem: ‘The secret to our great food is that we use only the best ingredients’. Naturally my inner sarcastic smart-ass who I’ve mainly learned to silence (mainly) had quite a bit to say about that! Starting with […]  Because I love to cook so much, it doesn’t take much to get me in the mood to do it. I woke up this morning and, as I usually do I checked the outside temperature and it was 67°! I went around the house opening windows and turned off my central air conditioning. The main […]  Last week I talked about rediscovering an old copy of the Settlement Cookbook that has been in my possession for many years. My copy is from 1931, the original having been published in 1901. The book was compiled and published by Elizabeth Kander. My copy is in very bad shape, the pages have separated from […] |
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