Did you learn how to cook anything new this year? Anna Hezel, senior editor at
Taste (one of my favorite breakout food publications of the last couple years) asked this on Twitter
last week and like a Muppet to the ABCs, I couldn’t resist jumping in. I’m glad I did. I always wish I had more time to cook all the things I want to cook (my To Cook list is still thousands deep), wish I could share more recipes more often here, but this caused me to look back at the new recipes here in 2018 and feel a murmur of pride. Look at all we did! I learned to make
falafel, and that it’s shockingly easy! I got to make
Pad Thai I crave the most at home. We got
cacio e pepe just about foolproof at home, just when I was convinced I never would. I learned about
melting potatoes. We made the
sheet pan sandwiches of my dreams and they’re vegan too. We had a real talk about the InstantPot and got some
delicious short ribs out of it. I learned to make
the best apple pie I’ve ever had. I made a completely bonkers
layered mocha cheesecake late in the day on my husband’s birthday, and last week we
mashed up baklava and babka, just because we could. I look at all of this and I am so excited about the year we’ve had, many of these things I had barely dreamed up yet this time last year, and I hope next year is even
better.
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