What can we say? When we found out Ina Garten’s eleventh book was out, we started dreaming of the dinner parties we’d throw and holiday meals we’d serve to raves and praise. In her latest cookbook, Cook Like a Pro, Ina takes all the intimidation out of entertaining. Like all of her books for home cooks, Ina’s recipes are simple, straightforward, and streamlined. The special sauce here is that Ina uses her decades of experience working with professional chefs to help you up your own cooking game. Pro tips abound. What’s the cumulative effect of doable delicious recipes featuring dozens upon dozens of practical cooking tips from one of America’s most beloved cookbook authors? Confidence. You don’t have to be a pro to cook like one.
• ON-DEMAND: Listen to Faith and the gang have a blast talking with Ina about recipes from Cook Like a Pro on The Faith Middleton Food Schmooze®. •
Start Up-ing Your Game:
Haricots Verts with Hazelnut & Dill
Butternut Squash Gratin
Red Wine-Braised Short Ribs
Faith mentioned that gluten-free baked goods taste metallic because those cooks put lots of table salt in recipes!! Why does she say that? I bake gluten free and moved here from Portland Oregon where I have eaten LOTS of gluten Free baked good that don’t taste metallic. Many of us use French and Maldonado sea salt. There is a VEGAN bakery at Edge of the woods in New Haven that makes amazing baked goods. That was a misguided statement.
Thank you for listening, Ctnthia. Everyone’s palate is different. Faith happens to pick up a metallic taste. Re: salt – Faith was throwing a theory out there and said so. We leave the gastronomic forensics to the scientists, of course. But we appreciate your feedback and LOVE hearing what other people do to make gluten-free dishes delicious. We’re always on the lookout for excellent gluten-free products because so many of our listeners eat that way. Thank you for the Edge of the Woods recommendation! They make a gluten-free chocolate cake I’d eat any day of the week (and I happen not to be a gluten-free eater). Delicious is delicious, gluten-free or not.