Here’s another one of those things that’s ridiculously easy to make at home: Mayonnaise. Maybe homemade mayonnaise is or isn’t cheaper than what you can find at the store. But you control what is in it. And you won’t find it fresher or more delicious anywhere else besides your own kitchen. How does it work? …
Who knew you could make your own corn dogs? It’s easy, fun and delicious. We’ve been serving these at our son’s birthday parties for years. It’s become a tradition. At his sixth, a guest (a grownup guest!) said, on biting into one, “Wow! I had no idea corn dogs could be good! I always thought corn …
Toast two pieces of bread. Butter one side of one piece. Spread jelly or jam on one side of the other piece. Spread two tablespoons of peanut butter over the butter on the first piece. Drizzle about one teaspoon of honey over the peanut butter. Place the two pieces of bread together, butter/honey/peanut butter/jam side …
A few seasons in, we finally started watching Mad Men. And loving Mad Men. One of my favorite things in it is the retro food. We just watched episode 404, the fourth episode in season four, “The Rejected.” Awesome episode. I don’t want to put in any spoilers for anyone who hasn’t gotten that far …
Miso I was enjoying some homemade Thai food with my friend, Gigi, who remarked — in the context of my speech about how bad unfermented soyfoods are, especially industrially processed ones, and how they are put to shame by traditional, fermented soy products like tamari and especially miso — that she didn’t like miso soup. …
Learn how to cook greens using my quick and tasty methods, and you’ll never be at a loss for a fast vegetable side dish. Forget about fussing with steamer baskets or waiting on pots of water to boil. No need to blanch, shock and rinse. My greens cookery methods are easier, and taste better, too. …
How to cook beans? It’s easy and not as time-consuming as you might think. And wow, are dry beans ever cheap. We have sacks and sacks of beans piled up in the computer room, heaped inside an old-fashioned roaster pan we love, just because we’re out of pantry space but we can’t resist buying every …
Homemade Lemonade Homemade lemonade is a wonderful treat. After I sampled this incredibly easy and natural soft drink, I was able to taste just how yucky the commercial stuff is. Lemonade in a can? Tinny. Lemonade from frozen concentrate? Oversweet and bland. Lemonade from a carton? The same, with the added tang of preservative. Unless …
Learn how to bake bread the old fashioned way and discover the joy of kneading. Find recipes for all-whole-wheat bread, and heirloom Old World recipes, too. When you learn to bake, you can say goodbye to calcium propionate, sodium alginate and all those other conditioners and preservatives you’ll find in a factory loaf. You can …
Black-eyed peas with smoked pork and rice is a traditional New Year’s dish in the South, and, as Wikipedia tells me, throughout the Caribbean also. It’s said to bring good luck in the coming year. Flouting recipes we’ve read, we do not cook the rice with the beans. The cooking times of rice and beans …
