The Sunday Dinner: Cooking in the Great Indoors

I love living in the city. The convenience of having anything and everything that I might want within arms reach is tough to beat. While there are those obvious advantages though, being surrounded by an endless sea of concrete and macadam day in and day out can take its toll. Some days, I'd love to be able to escape the urban sprawl and stretch my legs in the great outdoors, but unfortunately, between internships and jobs that's not really an option. Why then, not go for the next best option and pretend? To that end, the inspiration for this week's Sunday Dinner is is the camping experience. You might not be out in the wilderness, but you can certainly eat like it.


There may not be any food that says "camping" quite like hot dogs, but there's no way that I'm going to tell you how to make those. And as some of my best outdoor dinners have been of the stew variety, I think this recipe forHopi Corn Stew would be one that will set the mood nicely.


And most importantly for desert, the Coup de Grace of all camping food - smores. If you don't know how to make smores, than there is something wrong with you. But just in case, they are a melted graham cracker-chocolate-marshmallow sandwich, and while its customary to do the cooking over an open fire, I'd caution against attempting that in your kitchen, so set the oven to broil and stick them in there open-face until the marshmallows turn a little bit golden on top (see the picture for an example).