Recipe for everything
Howdy folks,
If don't know about you, but in my opinion the best thing about summer is the food. If you agree, but haven't joined your local CSA farm co-op, I highly recommend it( www.justfood.org/csa/locations/#manhattan ). I've been a member for a couple of summers, and thinking about the fresh basil, tomatoes, scallions, and cilantro coming my way can be just enough to get me through the dog days.
So in honor of good eating, I figured this month I would share with you my own personal, top-secret, world-famous Recipe for Everything. This recipe has been used by top chefs all over the world, and now I have decided to pass it along to you, my friends and clients, free of charge. In fact, I'll even throw in my top-secret, world-famous salad recipe. Are you ready? Here they are:
World Famous Top Secret Recipe for Everything
1) Take whatever ingredients you want, as fresh as possible.
2) Mix them up.
3) Make them hot.
4) Taste. If it tastes good, bon appetite; if it does not taste good, go to step 5.
5) Add one or more of the following:
a) salt
b) fat (bacon, olive oil...)
c) dairy (actually a subdivision of fat)
d) garlic
e) herb/spice of choice
6) Go back to 4.
World Famous Top Secret Salad Recipe
Same as above. Skip step 3. Add Oil and Vinegar.
Okay, so I'm half joking, but really I'm not. Cooking intuitively is not only fun and exciting, but it also leads to a balanced diet, because you start listening to your body to decide what ingredients to use. Over time, your taste will lead you to the amounts of fat, etc, that are right for you (I have no absolutely no proof of this, by the way, except my own experience- you can decide for yourself if I'm right). If, like me, you have no actual talent for cooking, you may make something terrible now and then (trust me, lemon juice with sauerkraut is a bad idea); but then you've learned something, and the game is figuring out how to make it edible again. Usually you can. Most of the time, though, you will be surprised how well you do. Give it a shot and let me know how it turns out.
Happy eating.
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Cameron Aiken
www.cameronaiken.com
If don't know about you, but in my opinion the best thing about summer is the food. If you agree, but haven't joined your local CSA farm co-op, I highly recommend it( www.justfood.org/csa/locations/#manhattan ). I've been a member for a couple of summers, and thinking about the fresh basil, tomatoes, scallions, and cilantro coming my way can be just enough to get me through the dog days.
So in honor of good eating, I figured this month I would share with you my own personal, top-secret, world-famous Recipe for Everything. This recipe has been used by top chefs all over the world, and now I have decided to pass it along to you, my friends and clients, free of charge. In fact, I'll even throw in my top-secret, world-famous salad recipe. Are you ready? Here they are:
World Famous Top Secret Recipe for Everything
1) Take whatever ingredients you want, as fresh as possible.
2) Mix them up.
3) Make them hot.
4) Taste. If it tastes good, bon appetite; if it does not taste good, go to step 5.
5) Add one or more of the following:
a) salt
b) fat (bacon, olive oil...)
c) dairy (actually a subdivision of fat)
d) garlic
e) herb/spice of choice
6) Go back to 4.
World Famous Top Secret Salad Recipe
Same as above. Skip step 3. Add Oil and Vinegar.
Okay, so I'm half joking, but really I'm not. Cooking intuitively is not only fun and exciting, but it also leads to a balanced diet, because you start listening to your body to decide what ingredients to use. Over time, your taste will lead you to the amounts of fat, etc, that are right for you (I have no absolutely no proof of this, by the way, except my own experience- you can decide for yourself if I'm right). If, like me, you have no actual talent for cooking, you may make something terrible now and then (trust me, lemon juice with sauerkraut is a bad idea); but then you've learned something, and the game is figuring out how to make it edible again. Usually you can. Most of the time, though, you will be surprised how well you do. Give it a shot and let me know how it turns out.
Happy eating.
cam
Cameron Aiken
www.cameronaiken.com
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