The 'Cooking for Two' Challenge

[thoreau]

So - recently I picked up the magazine teaser for America's Test Kitchen "Cooking for Two" - (from the makers of Cooks Illustrated). Dave and I have constantly talked about the struggle to cook meals on the weekends without mounds of leftovers; and learning to cook more efficiently - and I saw the magazine on the rack and grabbed it.

They make a 300 page cookbook version - but I figured, lets try a few of these recipes before buying yet another cookbook. (i have an addiction problem with cookbooks).

Knowing Dave would respond positively - I left the magazine on his desk with a handwritten note - requesting that he mark the recipes in the magazine he'd like me to try - and we'd do them one by one and try some new things. He responded beautifully. He even took the time to write why he liked it - or to remind me to "please omit the onion in this recipe". (chortle) There was one recipe he double marked. Instead of his normal star with a circle around it - was the "South Carolina Shrimp Boil."

Recipe scanned from the magazine - click here

So - I'll keep a journal of these "Cooking for Two" adventures - and they might appear in Bob's Kitchen as well. Yay!