Interesting Article in NY Times

[Beth H]

There is a three-page article on-line at the NY Times right now about Sandra Lee's "Semi-Homemade" books. These books (which I have never seen but have read about) use recipes with a lot of pre-made ingredients. This article is quite critical of the book - but not just because of the "pre-made" aspects of the recipes.

Of course I (and we probably all do to some extent) use some "pre-made" things - Zatarain's rice boxes, cake mixes, Bisquick on occasion. But I also love cooking and wouldn't want to do that all the time.

Thought you all might like to read:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/01/dining/01SEMI.html

[jphilg]

I started a thread on this article yesterday:
Thread on NYT article (http://community.cookinglight.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47723)

As you can see, I am VERY turned off by the concept of "semi-homemade" as the future.....

Jen

[Beth H]

Thanks! - I was just getting ready to post a link to your thread, which I discovered while looking for something else.

I should have searched first. . .