Make it From Scratch: A List

Cooking from scratch: Making food with fresh, raw ingredients and eating it tout de suite as it was intended!  For me it's a chance to say, "Hey! I know how hard it is to make this loaf of bread, this bottle of beer, or this pancake."  At one point all real, packaged food was handmade and homemade before it hit an assembly line to be wrapped in cellophane.  Cooking from scratch reminds me always of the effort and love behind really good cooking.

(Some of these aren't necessarily artisanal, but I'm including because they're complicated and intimidating and would be awesome to learn how to cook!)

Pretzels

Bagels

Pasta

Crackers

Cheeses-

Mozzarella, Parmesan, Blue, Cheddar

Sausage

Bacon

Gumbo

Tortilla Soup

Potatoes Anna

Chocolate

Chocolate Truffles

Apricot Jam

Dried Mangoes or Apples

Buche de Noel

Pork Rillette

Pate

Hot Sauce

Mole Sauce 

Dill Pickles

Honey Wine

Cider

Mulled Wine

To be continued,

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