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I'm so sick of people who say no one in my house will eat that. Then too bad, go hungry. when I cook it is a combination of what I can afford, and what I want. If I want to try a new recipe I do so. I'm pretty level headed when it comes to new things, I realize that there are exotic ingredients out there that require a taste for it.

For the most part I don't get wild with the experiments. I do try new recipes all the time but they must make sense and seem reasonable before I do. ...

When I first got started about serious cooking I decided I needed a serious knife. I bought a 5" chefs knife at the grocery store. I thought I'd hit the jackpot for about $10. It wasn't long before I realized this knife was lacking. (about a week or two) So a month or two later bought a 7" calphalone santuko. Big improvement but still not right. It was more like a cleaver that I might chop bones with then a knife. Too thick of a blade for delicate work. A year later I was at an outlet ...

Most fans of the food network are completely reasonable and normal people. There are those that are not. You know these people, they are the ones who will steer any conversation to their favorite food star. Maybe they love Paula Deen, maybe they love Bobby Flay. It really doesn't matter who it is. If you know someone that seems to be obsessed with a food network star, they need help. They need to turn off the TV and find life outside the network. They need to cook on their own for a change. They ...

I freakin HATE lurkers. These are people who are absolutly the lazest people in the world. They gleen all sorts of information and help, yet contribute NOTHING! They get recipes, instructions, real life insight and help to all sorts of things. Yet, they hide in the background, they take, and take, and take some more. They never give anything back. They never give insight to the recipe they just tried and how they improved it. They never give insight to the recipe they just tried and why it failed. ...