As a kid, I loved potatoes. I could eat potatoes every single day. Schnitzel with mashed potatoes or potatoes cooked with beef or chicken were a gourmet meal for me. On days that mom cooked one of these dishes, I turned from a kid who ate nothing to one that finished everything on his plate only to ask for more.
When we go on vacation, especially in places we never been before, we love to experience and taste local dishes. Usually, we skip the “tourist restaurants” and look for small restaurants that locals dine at. Fortunately, all of us like to experience new flavors. The way my young son choose from the menu is by finding a dish he has never had before.
To my joy, everybody in my home is a foodie. One of the things we like to do most as a family is to try new dishes. The feeling that I am about to taste something I’ve never had before gives me a thrill of pleasure as well as to my wife and two of my worst critics, my teenager and my millennial.
“Mom, how do you make stuffed vegetables?” “Stuffed vegetables? That’s really easy” mom answered. For mom, every dish was really easy. And indeed, when I looked at her cooking, it seemed very simple.
