Chefs Are Turning Takeout Meals Into Delightfully Old-School TV Dinners
The panko-breaded pork cutlet, served old-school-style with a mushroom and onion gravy, corn, and mashed potatoes, is “one of our favorite things,” says chef Kate Williams, owner of Karl’s in Detroit’s Siren Hotel. “Maybe it was one of our family meal meals or something once.” Williams now serves the dish on the Karl’s menu — but unlike the usual plates of diner classics, this one comes in a four-compartment aluminum tin, looking like another familiar meal: the TV dinner. Over the past year, the pandemic has forced us to rethink how we get meals on the table. When case numbers...