I don’t recall the exact moment I first came under the magical spell of the talented Sandra Lee but I think it might have been around the time (2004?) of what I like to call her fabulous Hannukah Treif Cake: a luscious store-bought angel food cake adorned with blue-tinted canned frosting, marshmallows inexplicably stuffed into the center, and non-edible plastic pearls securing its perimeter.
Of course none of us can go to that much trouble every day, which is why I love cookbooks like this one. With its creative use of processed and pre-prepared ingredients, they challenge the very notion of “recipe.” Who says “cooking” has involve anything but heat and the thoughtful choice of Campbell’s soups? Julia Child is dead people, get over it!
And I know that you will also appreciate doing things the Sandra way. Like me, you will love how every ingredient is brand-specific with a registered trademark symbol beside it. And what on earth are you going to do with the time you save by buying RealLemon juice in the plastic lemon-shaped container vs. squeezing it out of a problematic and hard-to-find actual citrus fruit? (Well, you could work on your tablescapes for one thing. I’m just sayin).
So pour yourself a glass of April Fool’s Vineyards Rose and let’s avoid cooking!
Brilliant.
You had me all the way!!
I new IMMEDIATELY this was an April Fool!!!!
Besides, we all know what Sandra Lee is doing is the governor….
PHEW!! You had me going for a second. Thanks for the smile. 🙂
This cookbook should be fun…one of my favorite cookbooks is “Quick from Scratch-Real Food for Busy Weeknights”. Pork Tenderloin w/white wine and prunes is one of my go-to recipes!
So funny. I expected nothing less from you. And, for a brief moment before reading further, I thought you’d put Sandra Lee by mistake!
Oh you are too funny, Kate. I was bug-eyed and my mouth was hanging open for at least 3 seconds!
Ha! You dangled the Sandra Lee worm, I bit, and you just reeled me in….that was a good one!
I knew it right away! Besides, I’d already fallen for an April Fool joke early this morning, when our local public radio station had a segment on DIY dentistry.