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Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering

Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering by Joanna Gaines has an interesting introduction. Most people get serious about cooking when they have to feed someone else. One of the time, which this happens is when you are married. I used to think I knew how to cook some vegetables, but after eating them with my husband, I realise I should have scraped those ridge gourds and fuzzy opo before cooking them, so they would cook faster and would go down easy. Gaines share their  spaghetti story  My husband recalls the first meal I made for him which had two curries both learned from recipes online. He regales friends on how long it took me to make it.

The long journey of recipes

I did not make this. My husband made this. The day before he told me that he was going to make  beetroot and aloo sabzi . I have never heard of the combination. He says he recalled it from his hostel days. at first when he saw the beetroot, he was reminded of the salad, he and my mil liked. Some pomegranates and lemon juice. With no pom, he moved onto his next memory of the curry he would make the next day. I asked him for the recipe, he says its done as a usual curry. I was very excited about the meal. This is the first time he made it too. He has made some daals and curries now. But dreaming of making something, well he has started clearing his own path in the culinary jungle. I was tempted to look at a recipe before eating it but somehow controlled myself so that I would get the first look in the kitchen. The combination seems to work for  halwa ,  cutlets  and  paratha . Recently while making paalak paratha I was thinking about my friend who said that...