Cook the Book: 'The Food Life'
Holiday Market in Royal Oak, MI - nice selection of cheese, great meat department with fantastic housemade sausages and wine gods who will happily point you to the best wine to have with grilled cheese and tomato soup.
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Served: On (Not) Knowing What We Want
Aw, ya made me drool! So where can I acquire some "aged, crystallized goat's milk cheese," anyways??? Because I assure you, I love goat cheese.
Cook the Book: Serves One
buttered noodles. always always. I tend to get pudgy when I eat alone too much. :)
Kitschy Recipes
Once every few years I'll bring 7-layer salad to an event and people flip out. People my parents age (60+) seem amused and surprised that I know what it is, let alone that I'd bring it. It's more fun to watch younger people react, though, because of the shock and awe response to the amount of mayo-cheese-bacon. Maybe not so much kitchy, though - isn't it a southern thing?
Hannah and the science of taste
I think by far my favorite taste is pickled things/vinegar. My parents could get me to eat canned spinach as a kid by letting me put as much cider vinegar as I wanted on it. I'd have seconds, even though I found the texture absolutely foul.
About the only food item that I ever dislike due to taste is things that are laden with a whole lot of cilantro. Most of the time it's a texture thing if I really dislike something, and even that is unusual.
The last meal you cooked for friends?
Impromptu Sunday dinner with another couple was lentil salad, grilled mild Italian sausages and grilled zucchini with cantaloupe for dessert. I like cooking for people, and only have one other friend who likes to, so everyone is always unreasonably impressed that I can give them dinner without any notice. Kind of nice, really!
Strange Eating Habits
When eating anything that is filled (burritos, pasties, pies), I eat the filling first, then the crust/wrapper.
And I sort things like granola, m&ms, etc. and eat them all evenly, as well. I thikn it started as a way to prevent me from wolfing down an entire bag of candy and is now an entertaining way to baffle my husband.
What kind of food do you go out for/order in?
We rarely go out to eat, but it's usually when I have a sudden craving for something we don't have - often bar burgers or steak. We don't eat much beef at home. And we go out for sushi once or twice a month. I have no inclination to make sushi, and the sushi-man at the place we go makes up rolls for us, which is extra fun.
Picky eaters confess all (Oh, help me!)
Hah! I totally understand your hurt feelings - my husband's brother and his family are crazy picky! And generally opt to tell me things like "oh, we don't like our green beans this crunchy," since I don't cook them for hours in bacon fat.
Don't apologize - you're not a mind reader and your MIL was probably just talking, not even realizing that you might take her comments as anything. And don't let your miffedness get the best of ya - I'm sure that even if it's not the food that they would choose to make themselves, they have enjoyed every time you've been kind enough to make them dinner.
And by all means, make them steaks, salad, green beans and taters until you feel like making them something else!
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Cook the Book: 'The Food Life'
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Cook the Book: 'The Food Life'
i shop at albertsons because they have a lot of good sales
Cook the Book: 'The Food Life'
I love Henry's market in San Diego. It's close to my house, they have great deals on local fruits and veggies, and they have $3 bottles of wine. Awesome.
Cook the Book: 'The Food Life'
Central Market in Houston - great prepared food and basics at good prices
Cook the Book: 'The Food Life'
I usually shop at the new Super Walmart purely because they just opened a store a mile from where I work. My favorite supermarket is Trader Joe's, but I don't go but a few times a year since 45 minutes is too long to drive to get up there. I have a feeling that I would like Whole Foods a lot too if I ever go to one, but the nearest one of those is at least an hour away.
Cook the Book: 'The Food Life'
Vons is my favorite store. They usually have the things I need on sale and they still double coupons. The fruits and vegetables are high quality which you can't get in the discount stores. The meat is fresh and there is a nice assortment.
Cook the Book: 'The Food Life'
We recently moved to West Virginia, which has stunning natural beauty and the nicest people on the planet...but the grocery stores here are terrible. Locally, my only choice is an IGA. My favorite all-time grocery store was Wegman's, which I used to be able to visit when we lived in Virginia.
Cook the Book: 'The Food Life'
Here in Texas, I love HEB. They have a great wine, health food, bakery, deli and sushi section. I can get almost anything there and the people are awesome!
Cook the Book: 'The Food Life'
I love Lunds/Byerlys, a local store. Great products that you can't find elsewhere. Plus, the stores are always very clean.
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