Friends don’t gatekeep! Here’s what I’m so glad I’ve learned from other foodie friends.
The website that lets you bypass paywalls
This is one of those things that feels illegal to know about, but it works! Every single foodie I’ve told about this website/app has been extremely grateful. Goodbye NYT cooking subscription or Bon appetit paywall! My bestie told me about this and it just feels like the coolest magic trick! Just copy and paste your paywalled link to this website or app and the paywall magically disappears. Try it!
The most important cooking class to take according to my chef friend
The best investment to my years of cooking has been to take a knife skills class! I had a friend who was a chef and worked at Whole Foods. At the time, Nate and I didn’t have kids yet and we were really into taking cooking classes together as a date. One day, I asked her which class she recommended and she said “If there was only one class I could recommend you take, it would be a knife skills class because it will speed up your time in the kitchen and make cooking more enjoyable.” She was so right! Now, more than 10 years later, I’m so glad I took that class, and I think of her every time I cut a bell pepper or chop up some herbs.
My favorite pan
This is a 14 inch pan my brother just gifted me for my bday. Did you know that a 14 pan even existed? I did not! Now I don’t have to cook my Brussels sprouts in batches! My largest pan was a 12 inch before this one and now I’ve got 2 more inches all the way around to stuff more food! And yes, we’ve been lied to again- ceramic nonstick pans are not good.
Thanks for reading! What are you cooking these days? I’d love to know!