Forget the Chicken and Just Make Mushrooms With Mustard Marsala Sauce, Dude
In DepthWelcome to Better Than It Looks, a series in which we discuss the recipes we tried (and maybe failed) to execute, and the foods that were served to us by someone perhaps more talented than ourselves.
When it’s cold outside, I love a warm pasta bowl—even if it comes from Giada De Laurentiis, who I don’t believe for one minute eats the food she makes on her fabulous Food Network TV show. It’s physically impossible to eat as much pasta and pizza as she hawks and still be her size in those teeny v-neck tops. Still, her chicken with mustard mascarpone marsala sauce recipe is wonderful so I overlook her impossible eating habits.
As for me, I am a good cook who perfected my craft during my make-it-or-break-it freelancing days when the economy was tight along with my budget. I was constantly hunting for frugal and delicious recipes that I could make with what I had in my apartment. Then, in 2010, I became a pescetarian, and so many of the recipes I loved—like De Laurentiis’ chicken with mustard mascarpone marsala sauce—were either dumped or converted to include fish or vegetables.