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Sarah Grey
- Location: Philadelphia
- Favorite foods: Meatballs, Eastern NC-style barbecue (with hush puppies), masala dosa, tacos
- Last bite on earth: My husband's homemade meatballs, simmered in sauce for at least a day.
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Starting a Tradition: What Thanksgiving Starters Tell Us About American History
Sorry, missed the "mock" in your comment. Mock turtle soup is far more common than the real thing today, but has been in existence for centuries, yes.
Starting a Tradition: What Thanksgiving Starters Tell Us About American History
"a must-have item at dinner parties, presidential inaugurations, and upscale restaurants from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth"...
Super Simple Friday Night Meatballs
@meganlisbeth, I work from home so I usually put it in around lunchtime, but you could do it in the morning. I use a slow cooker with a timer that cooks on high for 4 hours, then automatically switches to low.
The Food Lab: Use the Oven to Make the Best Darned Italian American Red Sauce You've Ever Tasted
This is some next-level umami!
The Friday Night Meatball Recipe That Changed My Life
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The Friday Night Meatball Recipe That Changed My Life
Thanks, folks. I'm a freelance writer so, yes, I do like getting my name out there-- how terrible!-- but Oprah has yet to show up on my doorstep with a briefcase full of cash.* I have, however, heard from some pretty cool people around the world-- today someone posted a photo on our Facebook page of their Friday Night Meatballs in the Ukraine! I do hope the site, once we have a full version up and running, will provide lots of fascinating stories about how food cultures around the world are changing and what people are doing to come together.
*Not that I would object. Oprah, if you're reading this, call me!
The Friday Night Meatball Recipe That Changed My Life
Yeah, in Gaza. For real. I gave the recipe to a Palestinian colleague, who held a Friday Night Meatballs in Malaysia. He wrote to say he was headed home to see his wife and children for the first time in a year and a half and that he planned to hold one there. Bringing friends and family together in the face of unimaginable hardship sounds like a pretty worthwhile reason to me.
Friday Night Meatballs: How to Change Your Life With Pasta
@Katie Potato, I also have friends who need to schedule way in advance (I'm like that too), and the weekly aspect of it helps a lot. There's less pressure when you don't just have one make-or-break chance to connect with someone-- if they can't make it this week, there's always next week, so if the baby has a fever or work gets overwhelming, it's not a huge deal. My feeling is, if you want to come, we'll be here when you're ready.
Friday Night Meatballs: How to Change Your Life With Pasta
Thanks, all!
@hat19, we freeze them fully cooked in the sauce in Ziploc bags, then put the whole thing into the slow cooker to reheat.
@RaptorEsq, you're looking at the wrong browser window, my name is Sarah.
@Erin, honestly, I'm a bit of a book hoarder-- they'll have to pry my cookbooks from my cold, dead hands. But I agree with @ryuthrowstuff's method (and their assessment of Bourdain's book, which is definitely a useful textbook as well as being wonderfully well written). I tried to focus here on cookbooks that offer some insights on theory, technique, and/or sociohistorical context rather than just recipes, and those are generally the kinds of books I try to buy. The Internet is full of free recipes but a good cookbook offers much, much more.