From the store to the kitchen to the table: We outline the steps that get you from raw ingredients to your dinner tonight, free of measurements and complicated techniques. It’s a method you’ll remember and whip out whenever you like. It is the most basic way to make the thing you’re making.
- a medium or large pot with a lid
- a heatproof container
- one large potato
- one onion
- one celery stalk
- one carrot
- one pound of beef stew meat
- salt and pepper
- a few spoonfuls of flour
- oil (any kind)
- tomato paste (optional)
- two bay leaves
- red wine (optional)
- one quart of beef broth
Illustrations by Bill Russell
