Wednesday, April 4, 2012

"A-Z Cookbook" Project

My sister was visiting my mom's house and was cooking a grilled cheese.
I say "Cooking" because there's no way anyone would consider that "making" when it looked that black.
I said, "Ally, how can you eat it that way?"
Her Reply: "I like it a little burnt. I don't eat it any other way. I've just gotten used to eating it that way."
I do not understand how a straight A student in all honors and AP college course classes who excels in debate, track, girl scouts, and her school work could be so naive when it comes to cooking.
We are Yin and Yang. She has a surfer girl body with blonde hair, blue eyes, and is very book smart. I am brunette, brown eyed, curvy body like an hour glass, and very creative and artsy.
Still, she needs to know how to cook!!
Then I got an idea... I'll make her a cookbook with the A-Z basics.
"Ally," I told her, "I refuse to allow you to be THIS bad at cooking. You won't survive past college! We'll start with the basics. Just like a baby learning how to talk, we start with the ABC's."
She looked at me like I was crazy...
Still, there must be recipes that even SHE can make and impress a friend coming over for dinner or a boyfriend or to give her poor taste buds a break from charred and dried food.
So...Can I think of 78 Recipes that start with each letter of the alphabet and cover an appetizer, an entree, and a dessert? Sure!
You can click on the links below to the blog that is posted with Letter's Recipes.

A...
B...
C...
D...
E...
F...
G...
H...
I...
J...
K...
L...
M...
N...
O...
P...
Q...
R...
S...
T...
U...
V...
W...
X....
Y....
Z...

Good Luck Ally! and Bon Appetit
Love,
Chef Marie CM
And your sister
p.s.---Love that pic! It looks just like my sister!