Charm City Cook
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My mom’s crab soup is a classic. It’s simple, easy and incredibly comforting. Like a lot of things she made for us over the years, the recipe wasn’t written down in its entirety — until now. Mom and I have been talking about this soup for the last few months, which kind of broth, crab …
THE BEST EGG SALAD INGREDIENTS 8 cooked eggs, peeled and coarsely chopped 1/3 cup mayonnaise 3 tablespoons crisp celery, chopped 2 teaspoons Maille Dijon mustard ½ teaspoon Maille whole grain mustard Frank’s Red Hot sauce Salt and pepper Romaine lettuce hearts Bread of choice INSTRUCTIONS Place cooked eggs into a large bowl Add mayonnaise, …
WEEKNIGHT TOMATO SAUCE INGREDIENTS 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 tsp coarse salt 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper 1/4 cup tomato paste 1 can (28 ounces) tomato puree (I like smooth sauce, so I used pureed tomatoes) 2 TBSP of butter optional: basil or oregano ground beef …
HOMESTYLE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP INGREDIENTS 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 large carrots, peeled and sliced 2 stalks celery, sliced 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 6 cups chicken stock 2 bay leaves 1 tsp fresh thyme (or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme) 1 tsp fresh oregano or marjoram (or 1/2 …
This is how my brain works. See a photo on Instagram. (The photo above, specifically.) Screenshot it. Think, “I need to figure out how to make that.” Forget the thing. Photo gets buried in others. A few months later, “Oh, yeahhhhhh.” That’s pretty accurate. And this time, I emailed Collin from (the amazing, locally sourced …
Since March, like most people, I have been hunkering down at home. A lot. Very thankfully, I like where I live and as luck would have it, I rescued a wonderful senior dog in January. My girl Magnolia is an 11 year old terrier mix, spry for her age, a little nutty and definitely attached …
At first — after the Bon Appetit scandal news broke — I was somewhat conflicted. As a middle class, middle-aged white female home cook, I was totally in their target demographic. I had always liked getting the physical magazine in the mail. I’d look through it, dog-earing recipes I might like to — and almost …
Friends and strangers alike have asked me things like, “why in the world did you scrap years of work in building an Instagram following as Charm City Cook?” or “but you ARE Charm City Cook, why walk away?” (and lots more in-depth, sometimes really awkward questions…) Here’s the thing. In the IG food world, 15,000 …
I’m not usually one to have very strong opinions about how a particular thing SHOULD be made. Rather, I think you should eat what you want, how you want. Except maybe for the BLT. So, yeah, I wouldn’t necessarily call them rules, but this is how I like mine. Cheap white bread. I like toasting …
