my best friend’s mom keeps up a little shop called student-of-life. thrilled to see that she’s using the rachael ray cookbook i hauled back from NYC. in fact, my mom and my 2 best friend’s moms all got these for Xmas this year. it’s nice being friends with rach. ha.
but char does share some legit tips here. the one thing i can’t stand about cooking is the number of dishes that need doing at the end of the night. and when new yorkers built their apartments, dishwashers clearly weren’t a priority. i always try that old “cook on strike!” line when dinner is over, but it never works. so char, i guess i’m asking if maybe i could borrow marc a couple of times a week?
Yes… eat your heart out… Rachel signed that cookbook for me (well… really for Kelsey for me… well… really for Kristy for Kelsey for me… but I digress)!
So. In honor of my good friend, Rachel… and inspired by kristycooks.tumblr.com… I’ve been trying a few of these recipes lately. Last night I made bbq chicken, salsa salad, and pumpkin-chipotle polenta. The day before we tried tomato toast with our homemade sugo sauce and angel hair pasta. Tonight I fixed a side of BLTP (bacon, leet, and tomato potatoes) with the grilled steaks. All delish!
If you are going to cook with Rachel and shop in suburbia, it is helpful to have your Blackberry so you can google things like “polenta” and “chipotle in adobo sauce” and “chutney”. It helps you narrow in on the aisle in which you should be looking!
If you are going to eat with Rachel be sure to have something handy to abate the fire in your mouth. I do love spicy but this girl takes it to a new level!
And lastly, it is nice to have a dishwasher. Rachel likes to use all kinds of pot and pans while creating. My dw is named Marc :)
