Cooking

I have so improved my cooking skills. I grew up with white bread and meat and potatoes. My mom and Grandma were ok cooks, nothing special. I think being exposed to so many fresh items and varied foods here in San Diego helped me to learn how to put things together.

I love to stand in my small kitchen with the cabinet and fridge doors open. I peruse the contents and "Voila" a plan emerges. I think this is easy but my friends tell me "no way!". I find as much pleasure in cooking as I do in refinishing an old bookcase or acid staining concrete (though cooking is definitely easier than those two things). I am not a cooking snob either. I think it is fine to use box mixes, just don't limit yourself to following the directions.