“Cooking well doesn’t mean cooking fancy.” ~Julia Child Indeed, Julia! Cooking well definitely does not have to mean cooking fancy, and it also doesn’t have to mean cooking slowly or in a complicated way either. It can mean that, of course—and has, at times—but not always. And not with the next two recipes I made from Food & Wine’s list of their best ever 40 recipes. Cooking Well I do like to cook well, and if that also means that it’s easy to do so, why not! Now, you’d think that recipes in this challenge I’ve taken on would not be so easy, but several of them have not been…

“Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors – it’s how you combine them that sets you apart.” ~Wolfgang Puck To me, cooking is an art, as much as it’s a science. While cooking can be pretty scientific (and I’m not even talking about the chemistry of baking!), it is also just what Wolfgang Puck gets at in the above quote: different ingredients being put together by someone who knows what they’re doing. Just as important is combining those flavors while making food memories with your favorite people. Someone Who Knows I have already…