Things We Love! Cooking as Easy as 1-2-3

This article is featured in the May '07 Feeding Your Family Newsletter • Recipes: Tabouli with Feta •  Arugula with Lentils and Bacon •  What's in Season? Radishes •  Garden Magic •  Things We Love: Cooking as Easy as 1-2-3 •  Health Check: The Study About Studies

With chefs competing on reality shows and entrees in fancy restaurants reaching $50 a plate, it’s easy to forget that cooking is a pretty simple process. Rozanne Gold, author of the 1-2-3 cookbook series, is here to set us straight. Gold is a three-time James Beard Award winner, and has cooked for presidents, mayors and celebrities. But her latest claim to fame lies in her ability to create recipes featuring no more than three ingredients.

Her latest book, Kids Cook 1-2-3 (Bloomsbury, 2006), sets culinary kids onto the path of simplicity with recipes that range from rustic to sophisticated. My family loved “Bowties with Broccoli” (ingredients: broccoli, butter, bowties) and “Burger-on-a Stick” (ground beef, garlic, cumin), and we look forward to trying “Iced Strawberry Tea” (strawberries, sugar, tea), now that strawberries are in season.