Brandon Veale column: How valuable is home cooking?

Whenever the Olympics rolls around, I try and make an effort to appreciate the culture of the host nation. I made kimchi for the first time in 2018 and have gotten fairly good at it. I still have half a bottle of sake from 2021. I’m not sure if it’s still good and I’m a little scared to check. ADVERTISEMENT I don’t need a lot of help to appreciate Italian food and drink. Chicken Milanese is a pretty simple recipe, and I was pleasantly surprised with the results when I used my snow day on Wednesday to make pasta from scratch that was edible, if not visually appealing. Chicken Milanese with a spinach salad.Brandon Veale / Duluth Media Group But this is not Eat Downtown Week, so I wanted to...