How to Cook Authentic Italian Food Like My Grandmothers...
True story: When I was a kid, I would watch my Italian grandmother's cook. They were wizards in the kitchen. The never measured anything. They never used a recipe. But everything they made came out perfect. I asked them a number of times to tell me their secrets... sadly I only learned one recipe, spaghetti sauce. (gravy). They both laughed when I asked them food related questions. They could easily tell me what went into each dish. But, they explained, they could not tell me the exact amounts They were not sure. They did not know themselves. They had never written anything down. It was all permanently etched in their soul. And that's how they cooked, from their soul. My grandmothers created soul food. Italian soul food. They both gave me the following cooking advice: "Put in a little bit of this and a little bit of that". I told them I had no idea what they meant. "Put in enough spice until it tastes right," they explained. I...