Friday Food Frenzy
It’s the end of the week and time to clean out the refrigerator. Sometime, in a past life maybe, I must have been hungry because I tend to keep my refrigerator chock-a-block full. My mother was the original frugal gourmet and passed on the gene. I refuse to throw anything out. I may end up feeding it to the dog, but I won’t throw out perfectly good food. It wasn’t until I attended Johnson & Wales one summer that I realized my idiosyncrasy could be a good thing. During my course, every Friday was dedicated to making restaurant quality (and priced) meals out of leftovers. Nirvana! A string of chefs unveiled the mysteries of $35 leftovers. I learned the secrets of crepes, manicotti and quiches, not to mention soups, roulades, pates and terrines – all good ways to use up leftovers. Over the years, I’ve discussed this philosophy with friends and come up with one basic, undeniable truth: you need to cook good meals to have good leftovers. Not n...