Someone I know always orders the chopped steak at restaurants because he is afraid it will be taken off the menu and go extinct if people don’t order it. I’m not exactly sure where the concern comes from, but clearly the dish evokes a memory he doesn’t want to lose. I think we all have certain foods that are connected to memories of a good time or a specific person and with the lapse in teaching cooking skills to recent generations, a lot of these recipes have literally and figuratively died with their keepers. Thinking on this, I decided to…
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A great dip can make any party special. Why? Because nearly any snack, even a bowl of bland chips or dry pretzels, instantly becomes irresistible when covered in a good dip. This is a safe place to admit if you don’t have a devilish dip on hand. Are you ashamed…
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Continue ReadingI often hear younger people tell me they were never taught to cook. This is such a bummer to me! Cooking is such an important skill, both to feed yourself and to make connections with others. Most tell me that they find cooking overwhelming, expensive, and defeating when recipes don’t…
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