17.05.12
IN HIS PITHY little book, "Food Rules: An Eater's Manual," Michael Pollan lays out 64 principles to guide readers pondering the age-old question, "What should I eat?"
Among the various imperatives is: "Eat all the junk food you want, as long as you cook it yourself." I like this rule for several reasons: I really like to cook, I have a reasonably well-equipped kitchen, and I enjoy certain foods that might not otherwise be considered healthy. Chocolate fudge, for example.
The trouble with fudge — well, one of the troubles with fudge — is that, ever since 1956, when a recipe for "Never Fail Fudge" was developed by the makers of Marshmallow Fluff and Nestlé chocolate morsels, and attributed to First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, most homemade fudge has been made from something other than scratch.
Before that, no cookbook was complete without a handful of recipes for candy made from scratch.
Source: The Seattle Times