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Cooking at Home: Inspired by new cookbooks, & Mimi!

December 31, 2009 By radmegan 4 Comments

I‘ve been cooking a lot lately. before Christmas, I went on a little cookbook shopping spree to bring my cooking skills up a notch. I picked up the following cookbooks:


Mad Hungry: Cooking for Men and Boys by Lucinda Scala Quinn

Songs on Sapa: Stories and Recipes from Vietnam by Luke Nguyen

Momofuku by David Chang and Peter Meehan

Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas Keller

I combined the recipes for fried chicken from Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc and Lucinda’s Mad Hungry, cooked up some collard greens (using a slightly modified recipe off the Trader Joe’s bag) and then mashed up some new potatoes (including a few purples), and then used the giblets from the chicken to make a gravy so good, it should be illegal.

The whole meal took about and hour and 45 minutes, but we savored each bite for days after the initial meal.

Growing up, I always knew my mom was a great cook. Her food was always made from scratch the way her mom had made it back on the farm in North Dakota. Boxes, packaged, processed foods never crossed our table. My mom had an arsenal of non-recipes that she used “Oh a pinch of this, and a handful of that,” staple dishes that I crave at holidays and miss terribly when we are not together.

I remember being in college and wanting to make a special meal for someone. I called my mom who said, “Hmm, you had better call Mimi.” Mimi walked me through the meal (my first real solo cooking effort) and it ended up being pretty darn delicious. I’ve known Mimi for as long as I can remember. She’s one of the warmest people I know and creates food that not only curbs hunger, but feeds your soul and makes you feel extra loved. I recently found out that she has her own cooking blog that I have been highly inspired by. This one’s for you Mimi! Thanks for always keeping me inspired to try new recipes!




Looking for gift ideas? I totally recommend these cookbooks:






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Comments

  1. Mimi says

    January 1, 2010 at 10:32 am

    Thanks Megan! I love that you are cooking such wonderful food.
    Mimi

    Reply
  2. Jessica Lynn Perkins says

    January 1, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    That looks SO good!

    Reply
  3. Sara says

    August 12, 2010 at 3:26 pm

    Delish!

    Reply
  4. radmegan says

    December 4, 2010 at 12:24 pm

    THanks friends!! :)

    Reply

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