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...COOKING THE BOOKS: Since September 11, America has been staying home more - "cocooning," as trend expert Faith Popcorn calls it. That involves more cooking, and cooking involves more cookbooks. That's why "A New Way to Cook" (Artisan) by two-time James Beard Award winner Sally Schneider is such a welcome addition to the home library. Publishers Weekly said of the hefty (739-pps) tome in a starred review: "Every era must have its cookbook, and the cookbook for the early 21st century has arrived...
...Koran teaches her how to be a good wife and mother, instruction that exasperates Saida. "How can the Koran teach you how to live your life, how to take care of your children and your husband?" she asks. So Saida teaches her girls the really important things--how to cook, sew and soothe a husband's ego. "Teaching my daughters how to make their husbands comfortable is the most important thing," she says, "because if a husband is not comfortable, then the woman's life is hell...
...Koran teaches her how to be a good wife and mother, instruction that exasperates Saida. "How can the Koran teach you how to live your life, how to take care of your children and your husband?" she asks. So Saida teaches her girls the really important things?how to cook, sew and soothe a husband's ego. "Teaching my daughters how to make their husbands comfortable is the most important thing," she says, "because if a husband is not comfortable, then the woman's life is hell...
...hand-sewn apron, lovingly crafted for my mother who hates to cook, is a tidy combination of several realms of domesticity, and as such, it looks kind of funny hanging in my kitchen. This particular apron is made of material with little menorahs on it. My aunt made it for my mother one scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel gift season. I actually wore it recently, at home over Thanksgiving break while assessing the soup potential of the turkey carcass. I could tell that no one else had worn or washed the apron since early September because a pesto stain...
...maudlin for homemade eggs benedict—but homemade eggs benedict! The kitchen was not a battleground, it was a workshop. Inspired by the utter perfection of observing this family in action (and enjoying the fruits of their labor) I started to think about maybe learning to cook...