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Feeding the Restaurant Crew
When the staff of a restaurant is fed by the chef, it’s called a “family meal,” and with good reason: the staff of a restaurant is indeed much like a family. Here, Chef Hasty describes his experiences with family meals and what he serves his crew at his restaurant Thistle Pig...
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/feeding-the-restaurant-crew
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Learning to Cook with Granny
When I was growing up, my grandmother lived with us, or perhaps I should say we lived with her. In any case, my mother and father worked, and she cared for the kids and reigned in the kitchen. She was a force.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/learning-to-cook-with-granny
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Caribbean Comfort
I was born on an island in the Caribbean called Trinidad. My parents, Veronica and Claudius Abraham, are both from the small island of Grenada, also known as the “spice island” for the numerous spices — bay, cinnamon, nutmeg, and others — that grow so profusely the air is scented
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/caribbean-comfort
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How My Mother Taught Me to Become a True Cook
Umar Mansoor offers home catering and enjoys sharing his recipes on YouTube. He credits his mother for his creative cooking.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/how-my-mother-taught-me-to-become-a-true-cook
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A Bowl of Pho - The Cook's Cook
Every Tuesday, when it would be my parents’ turn to work the closing shift of their restaurant, my newly-licensed brother would drive my sister and me over to a little strip mall for dinner.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/a-bowl-of-pho
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Sips for an Easter Feast
Considered one of the most sacred holidays in the Greek Orthodox faith, Easter is the day we prepare the biggest and most memorable feast of the year with our family and friends.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/sips-easter-feast
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Bulgarian Baklava - The Cook's Cook
My mother's baklava was always made from scratch.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/bulgarian-baklava
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Christmas Dinner in Derbyshire
Growing up, I learnt more about cooking on a scout campfire from my dad than I did from my mother in the kitchen.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/christmas-dinner-derbyshire
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Home Made
Serving food you have made in a vessel you have crafted offers a most satisfying feeling.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/home-made
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Memories of Formentera
As a child I always believed the Simon & Garfunkel song “Scarborough Fair” was about the island I grew up on.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/memories-of-formentera
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Almina Francese's Antipasto
In the pantheon of mothers-in-law, my mother-in-law, Almina Irali Francese, is the brightest shining star.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/almina-franceses-antipasto
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Kheer Plus Love - Food from my Grandmother's Table
"Food is interwoven throughout my childhood memories and is the mainstay of almost every family gathering."
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/kheer-plus-love-food-grandmothers-table
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Lussekatt
Long ago on a dark gray afternoon, many years ago, we were running errands with our young daughter. It was December, and we were living near Gothenburg, in southern Sweden.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/lussekatt
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Nonna’s Homemades - The Cook's Cook
Nonna created a meal to remember - and a vivid and lasting childhood memory.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/nonnas-homemades
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Sunny Oaks and Stuffed Cabbage
Every summer one of my parents drove with me for two hours, from Manhattan to the Catskill Mountains, to spend a week at my grandparents’ hotel, Sunny Oaks.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/sunny-oaks-stuffed-cabbage
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Irene’s Alexander Cake
I am a daughter of Latvian immigrants. My parents, through fate and sheer determination, made their mark here as proud people who loved what America had to offer and what she gave to them; safety and prosperity.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/irenes-alexander-cake
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Irish Leek and Potato Soup & Wheaten Brown Bread
As every good cook knows, a finished dish depends on the quality of the ingredients and imagination that goes into it.
https://thecookscook.com/columns/family-meal/irish-leek-potato-soup-wheaten-brown-bread
