The recipes on this site always serve as guidelines, not commands. We have to admit, we rarely cook a recipe as written. We’re always tweaking, and we figure you are too. Every cook wants to get maximum comfort and satisfaction from her own plate-that’s sort of what cooking is about.
Even the two of us have varied tastes. Phoebe cannot stand the flavor of oranges and often substitutes lemon juice to get a similar hint of citrus. Cara has an issue with mayonnaise (less so when she makes it from scratch), and usually downplays it in salads and sandwiches by …