The cookbook Mad Hungry: Feeding Men & Boys officially hit the stores yesterday and I’ve had many questions re the whys hows and what-fors of this project. So, here’s the deal–what I’ve learned over the last twenty plus years feeding many folks in my home: if you cook for the people you love and teach them to cook for themselves, they will pass it on. And, in the process they are healthier, happier and more self sufficient. My friend Michelley calls it “good training.” But, it doesn’t happen over night and it’s often not easy but its mainly two things: ritual and repetition. If you decide this is important to you–MH will lend you a helping hand to get started, organized and on the path. At the very least you’ll find something familiar to try out. The guy thing is the focus because it’s just my experience but it is for anyone who likes simple recipes with big, yummy, lusty flavors–nothing fancy, nothing more, nothing less. Am happy it’s finally “out” —seriously, just like the birth of another one.
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Lucinda’s favorite way to eat Thanksgiving dinner is the next day, layered into a pie. Her rule for the feast, and how to build the one the kids called Danksgiving Pie. -
Rustic home cook, practical cook, chef. Lucinda on her three sons, the cooks she hired over the years, and why you only need one superpower in the kitchen. -
The salad dressing Lucinda’s mother Rose made every night got two million views on TikTok. A lettuce recall, a pair of measuring spoons, and a damn good dressing. Recipe included. -
Our prior dog had passed. We weren’t sure we wanted another. Then a cinnamon-colored puppy named Lychee was the last one left at the Cape Ann Animal Shelter. -
Every tool we make has to do more than one job. Lucinda on where that rule came from, the Super Spoon, and a 100-year-old potato masher called a Beetle.
October 18, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Congrats on the "birth" of your book. I, too, hope I am instilling good food habits, lessons, and knowledge in my kids. Can't wait to get a copy of your book – just ordered it.