This Just In: Women Can Cook!
Categories: Cookbooks , Staff Picks
I was perusing the BBC's website today (I love having a foreign perspective on world news), when I stumbled upon the story of French chef Anne-Sophie Pic. Just who is Anne-Sophie Pic? She's the first woman to receive a three star rating from France's prestigious Michelin restaurant guide in more than fifty years, and is the fourth woman chef to receive the award since it's inception in 1926. And if that weren't enough, she comes from a family of three star Michelin chefs (her grandfather Andre won in 1934, and her father Jacques won in 1973).
While I personally can never be compared with a three star winning chef, I do like to cook (is it wrong that I have a dream kitchen, but couldn't tell you what the rest of my dream home looks like?). I love to make (and eat) Rachael Ray's Italian Meatball soup. I love making comfort food like macaroni and cheese, grilled cheese and BLT sandwiches, soups, and casseroles. One of my favorite gifts from my grandmother is the recipe book she made for all of her children and their spouses filled with all of our family recipes (hands off the buckeye recipe and the German doughnut recipe).
For some great comfort food recipes try the following books:
- Favorite comfort food : a satisfying collection of home cooking classics by Martha Stewart
- Comfort food : Rachael Ray top 30 30-minute meals by Rachael Ray
- The big book of soups & stews : 262 recipes for serious comfort food by Maryana Vollstedt
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How I wish my grandmother and mother had created a recipe book! Two other titles I use frequently for old-fashioned meals are Lost Recipes by Marion Cunningham (good, basic, tasty, unglamorous recipes that your grandmother might have used), and Cover & Bake from Cooks Illustrated. As with everything from Cooks Illustrated, these are the definitive recipes for pot roast, brisket, mac & cheese, pasta casseroles and more. Includes braises and stovetop cookery, as well as casseroles.