Even tho I did not make a conscious effort to teach my children to cook, they all like to cook and they are all good cooks. I'm a throw it together type of cook and they are not like that. At work a few days ago, one of Chris' coworkers needed to go over to Whole Foods and pick up some grocery items for his wife for dinner that night.
I need to mention that Chris works at Fidelity and he and his coworkers all get along really well and occasionally do activities together, just a great work environment. So when someone (probably Chris) said, What is your wife fixing for dinner tonight? the game was on. Then Chris added, No don't tell us, tell us the grocery list and we'll tell you. Give us only the first item and we'll guess. So the man told them one cup of carrots (sliced) and Chris' guess was a mirepoix (or a red sauce which begins with the mirepoix, I can't be expected to remember those details).
His coworkers were amazed and asked Chris how he knew. He asked for the rest of the ingredients and said that was a mirepoix (French cooking), the flavor base for a wide variety of dishes such as stocks, soups, stews, and sauces. It is roughly chopped vegetables, usually a mixture of onions, carrots, and celery, heavier on the onions, that are then sautéed before adding the rest of whatever is being made.
Chris made a red sauce last summer soon after they arrived that was absolutely delish. We used it for pasta and then pizza. Wonderful. Much better than anything in a jar. I need his recipe so I can make it.
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