Somewhere along the way, the food world got far too pretentious for ordinary people trying to get dinner on the table.
We started acting as if cooking well meant shopping at expensive markets, buying ingredients most people cannot pronounce, and spending half a paycheck on a dinner that still leaves everyone hunting for a snack an hour later. There is nothing wrong with beautiful food or elaborate meals, but that is not how most people cook on a Tuesday night when the bills are due, the pantry...
