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How to Cook Like Your Grandmother

Wouldn't Michael Pollan rather agree with a more old fashioned, grandmother-esque style of cooking? Before everything was laced with HFCS, before trans fats, and before you could buy yogurt in a squeezeable tube? Just a thought...

patoo at 4:54PM on 07/29/09

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Weekend Cook and Tell: Play Sommelier

I was making pizza on Monday when I realized I didn't have any crushed tomatoes to use for sauce. An improvised sauce was created from sauteing half an onion with some garlic, throwing in two chopped tomatoes, adding a couple glugs of an $8 Foxrun Vineyards Merlot, and lots of fresh basil and oregano. It was delicious!

patoo at 8:45AM on 06/30/09

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From Serious Eats

How to Cook Like Your Grandmother

Wouldn't Michael Pollan rather agree with a more old fashioned, grandmother-esque style of cooking? Before everything was laced with HFCS, before trans fats, and before you could buy yogurt in a squeezeable tube? Just a thought...

patoo at 4:54PM on 07/29/09

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Weekend Cook and Tell: Play Sommelier

I was making pizza on Monday when I realized I didn't have any crushed tomatoes to use for sauce. An improvised sauce was created from sauteing half an onion with some garlic, throwing in two chopped tomatoes, adding a couple glugs of an $8 Foxrun Vineyards Merlot, and lots of fresh basil and oregano. It was delicious!

patoo at 8:45AM on 06/30/09

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How to Cook Like Your Grandmother

My Grandma Ruby was born in 1903. She taught me the old ways like making egg noodles and fluffy dumplings. She always baked her cornbread in a sizzling hot cast iron skillet for a crunchy dark golden crust. Her green beans cooked forever and were laden with onion and ham hocks. Chicken was fried in bacon grease after being simply dredged in seasoned flour. Pork chops browned next to apples and onions while potatoes fried on the next burner. The biscuits she made were a mile high and equally delicious under gravy or topped homemade jam. The dried apple fried pies she made are still a family favorite today.

TessaDee at 12:12AM on 09/21/09

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How to Cook Like Your Grandmother

My one grandmother's not much of a cook, but a terrific baker. Her pies are amazing.

My other grandmother once cooked the Thanksgiving turkey in a microwave. She's best known for her "party cake," a recipe that does not include a single ingredient not found in a box or a can.

KarynMC at 8:44AM on 07/30/09

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How to Cook Like Your Grandmother

@NotAmerican: I had no idea that I help old British people putz around! Thought I was only a car and a German room.

Erin Zimmer at 5:47PM on 07/29/09

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Weekend Cook and Tell: Play Sommelier

I made a spinach and gorgonzola stuffed chicken breast this weekend which I paired with J. Lohr's Chardonnay ($11). It was quite awesome.

Amandarama at 10:03AM on 06/30/09

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