September 2020 – Hell, YES, You Can Cook!!

Tofu For Two

Paul and I are omnivores, but we lean toward eating meat most nights. He doesn’t like fish (except for shrimp) and we haven’t done much in the way of vegetarian cooking other than pasta marinara and the rare foray into dal. But we are aware of both the health and environmental impacts of meat eating,Continue reading “Tofu For Two”

Mangiamo!

Are you ready, fellow cooks? Now that you have all of your staples and proteins and all those great spices, it’s time to make sauce!! Pasta sauce. Tomato sauce. Red sauce. Or “gravy” as some misguided Italian Americans call it. Today we’re making a basic marinara sauce. No meatballs, no sausage or veal or pork.Continue reading “Mangiamo!”

So Who Wants To Make Soup?

Mmmmm, soothing, delicious soup. For reasons that are beyond my limited powers of comprehension, a lot of people think it’s hard to make soup. I don’t get it. When I was little, our family enjoyed home made soup every Monday night. My mom was at home with six kids while my Dad worked and wentContinue reading “So Who Wants To Make Soup?”