A great idea for a list: The 25 Most Important Recipes of the Past 100 Years. Includes caesar salad, the last word cocktail, Marcella Hazen’s tomato sauce, Julia Child’s beef bourg, no-knead bread, and Kenji’s reverse-sear steak. What’s missing?
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Where to even start?! No Bloody Mary? Or (though I abhor them) Espresso Martini? Both seem far more popular AND important than the Last Word and something Americans definitely make at home. At least they deign to give second place to the Cosmopolitan.
And what are these "Good Old-Fashioned Pancakes" when we ALL KNOW this is the The World’s Best Pancake Recipe!! I'll assume the inclusion of Green Bean Bake is an acknowledgement of the importance of hot dish/casserole culture. Seems like pesto should be on here, though no pesto influencer/recipe comes to mind.
And no fish?! Where is tuna? Sesame-crusted tuna or Spago's tuna tartare? And the lack of Nobu's Miso-Marinated Black Cod makes me question the judgment of these list makers. Sure there are some clear winners but it's lacking. Overall Grade: Meh.
There's so much tied up in food. This little blurb on Marcella Hazen's sauce:
Carries so much more weight than it lets on.
Also, Hazen's recipe is what convinced me to stop wasting time chopping garlic. If she could just throw an onion in a pot and make something that good, there is no reason to cut up garlic. I just crush them, remove the peel, and throw the whole thing in whatever I'm cooking while the onions are sauteing. No more worrying the little bits are going to burn too quickly.
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