(mailing, James Berry)
[[invoke. page:newsletter1 # These are some of the fields that may be used # ============================= # leadimageid: # leadtext: # story1id: # story1text: # story2id: # story2text: # recipe1id: # recipe1text: # recipe2id: # recipe2text: # vad: (html for vertical ad) # hitBucket: (name used to track delivery) # ============================= leadimageid: 306791 leadtext: !fmt/block | h1. Dear readers, Having never been much of a big-group cook, I'm challenged this week, helping my daughter plan five days of meals for 22 rock climbers. The considerations for the menu are numerous: Food has to be easy to transport and easy to prepare, inexpensive, filling, and tasty. I'm trying to work in some vegetables and keep packaging to a minimum; her major concern is that people like to eat the food we assemble. Meanwhile, today, Dinner Guest blogger Harriet Fasenfest is coaching us how to cook soup on a budget. Her primary concern, in this post, is frugality, but flavor, too, is a focus. Every time a cook begins his or her work, there are choices to be made: How much will this cost? How nutritious will it be? How much time will it take to prepare? How will it taste if I do it this way, or that? Can I substitute ingredients? That's a lot of questions already — and there are more that come up, I'm sure. But what I do know is this: The cooking muscles, while metaphorical (like the so-called writing muscles,) can atrophy if we don't use them. But if we use them, even a little each day, they grow stronger and more flexible. Kim Carlson Editorial Director # The lead text story1id: 311540 story1text: "Matt Lewis, co-owner of Baked, in Brooklyn, offers suggestions for the home baker." story2id: 311240 story2text: "Beers of the season, as recommended by Jacob Grier." recipe1id: 2273 recipe1text: "A near-perfect dish for a cold winter day." recipe2id: 313207 recipe2text: "James Beard adds rosewater to this elegant loaf." # The ad vad: | <a target='blank' href="http://howtocookapp.com/"> <img src="http://ads.culinate.com/htce/CUL-HTCE-Skyscraper-v0.4.png" " width="120" height="600" alt="" border="0"/></a> ]]