and or information on labels. A persimmon or sunchoke doesn’t have a label that says “I know you're not Daniel Bouloud...just cut off my skin, slice me up and eat me” but even the village idiot is born with the...

, veg, and starch...lots of broiled chicken, pot roast and Sunday dinners of lamb. My parents loved liver, but I hated it (still do) and each time they would have it I got to have my favorite, a Swanson's fried chicken dinner. In...

THE FLEXITARIAN TABLE supernatural cooking and 101cookbooks.com [I’ve edited my post to demote my vote for Heidi Swanson until June or July when the markets are filled with a bounty of fresh vegetables] (here in the upper...

and it wasn’t much different except for waaay better veggies in California. Swanson's made about 4 varieties of TV dinners. LaChoy had chop suey. Spam. Blue box Mac Cheese. A few frozen veggies. Grocery stores were small...

at the 7-11 and use their microwave, or get a frozen organic Indian specialty for heating at home. A long way from Swanson's fried chicken TV dinners. Poor Campbells takes a constant beating in discussions of the 60s but it had...

. Then add chicken stock (home made is best, but Swanson's if you must). A can of cannelloni beans, a can of san marzano tomatoes squished up, some escarole... If you had some rotis chicken or grilled italian sausages in the...

. This was nothing like her mother used to make, Swanson's or Marie Callendar or some kind of crap. She converted to Judaism and loved stuffed cabbage, stuffed peppers, challah, matzo ball soup, brisket, corned beef, noodle...

your options, on the way to being able to be more creative/improvisational in the kitchen, especially when working in uncharted territory. Finally, CI is not about amazing plating, and they do recognize that most Americans are...

in the world. The japanese fishman in a UPS kinda truck would sell fresh fish/produce and other exotic food items. My fav was “fish sticks”. We called the fridge the “ice box”. Getting our first...

it is a garnish like fried onions or sometimes of salsa (but that is another culture creeping in). Frozen entrees/dinners and pot pies (Swansons, Stouffer, Lean Cuisine, etc). Veggies/sides: Potatoes (baked, mashed, scalloped,...

pickles. She was a full time teacher with 4 kids to feed.Yes there was the occasional Kraft Dinner and fish sticks, Swanson's pot pies were looked upon as a treat, but mainly she cooked weekends, real food btw. Another trreat was...