By Lucy Madison
From the writers of acclaimed web publication Pen & Palate, a funny coming-of-age (and mastering-the-art-of-home-cooking) memoir of friendship, advised via tales, recipes, and lovely illustrations.
Getting via lifestyles on your twenties isn't really easy--especially in case you are broke, awkward, and liable to beginning small grease fires on your studio house. For most sensible associates Lucy Madison and Tram Nguyen, cooking was once an get away from the day-by-day humiliation that's being a twenty-something lady in an immense urban. PEN & PALATE lines the process Lucy and Tram's committed friendship via depressing jobs and tiny flats, first loves and ill-advised flings, successes and setbacks--always with a shared love of meals on the heart of the narrative. a latest tackle Laurie Colwin's vintage Home Cooking, this coming-of-age memoir for the Girls set weaves jointly comical (mis)adventures and recipes intended to be shared with a ally and a bottle of wine.
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After it has cooled enough to handle, shred the chicken and reserve the meat for the slaw. Return the bones to the pot and simmer for an additional 30 minutes. While the stock is bubbling away on the stove, prepare the slaw. In a colander placed over a large bowl, toss the shredded cabbage with ¼ teaspoon salt and let sit for at least 20 minutes to draw the excess water from the cabbage. In a small bowl, soak the sliced onion in cold water to take the edge off. Let sit for at least 10 minutes and then drain thoroughly.
Donna didn’t actually cook anything ever. She preferred to eat her SpaghettiOs cold, straight from the tin. Monica fried a lot of ground beef and occasionally had a salad of preshredded iceberg lettuce and neon orange Hidden Valley French dressing.
Together, we tried chicken souvlaki at a Greek restaurant in Dupont Circle, and we devoured the spongy injera at an Ethiopian place in the Eastern Market. The two of us became experts at eating well on a dime. And while we ate, we talked. We talked about our families, our favorite bands and books and movies, our innermost secrets and hidden ambitions. Where would we go to college, and then where would we go after that? Would we ever have boyfriends? Who was more of a babe, Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting or Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love?