tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post4278652625472678272..comments2023-12-18T01:10:39.910-05:00Comments on Willy or Won't He?: Thought for FoodWillymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532356102638621noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-56147385907729236402009-07-30T04:27:18.221-04:002009-07-30T04:27:18.221-04:00Rachel Ray is always cooking this way on her TV sh...Rachel Ray is always cooking this way on her TV show in the States! Her cookbooks LIBERATED me in the kitchen!AMOROMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562006214690906344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-27039877022730219822009-07-30T02:09:27.342-04:002009-07-30T02:09:27.342-04:00standing over the stove and cooking all day long i...standing over the stove and cooking all day long is highly overrated...yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-81187756959762898772009-07-29T21:00:59.862-04:002009-07-29T21:00:59.862-04:00The directions make perfect sense to me actually- ...The directions make perfect sense to me actually- Humm, you'll have to send me a few boxes...Doralonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529026755912430796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-31644046185151182062009-07-29T16:23:09.174-04:002009-07-29T16:23:09.174-04:00Boy can I relate Will!
But having tasted the asp...Boy can I relate Will! <br /><br />But having tasted the asparagus risotto you mention, I can vouch for it being delicious. <br /><br />CPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-47634694366233329462009-07-29T15:24:32.826-04:002009-07-29T15:24:32.826-04:00I love the instructions..I could even follow those...I love the instructions..I could even follow those..although I would spend hours looking for Olive oil string in the store.sagewebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818567803401688931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-74907483731412521492009-07-29T14:47:04.866-04:002009-07-29T14:47:04.866-04:00I was partially raised by a French Grandmere and a...I was partially raised by a French Grandmere and ate often with a passel of Italian and/or French great aunts. The confines of a strict recipe were rejected by these women and I learned a huge amount from them. Each had HER way of doing a sauce or a risotto; like Chinese food or, to an extent I'm exploring now, Moroccan cuisine, their cooking was a flexible process, not a fixed set of ingredients. And therefore there was not one way of making gnocchi or braciole in Italy, or pot au feu in FRANCE but thousands of ways depending on region of origin, family tradition and the adventurousness of the cook.<br /><br />This, I think, is perhaps the best way to cook, one that can deal with seasonal availabilities or situational problems in the food supply. Cooking is fun this way, a creative exercise in a way that simply following directions doesn't allow. My mother (from an English family in an era when English food was among the worst in the world) followed my Grandmere around once as she was cooking some of her specialties, armed with a pad and pencil. "How much? she'd ask. "You'll know," my grandmother assured her. <br /><br />My mother never knew.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.com