Secretly, I have always envied chefs who could discern the various flavors or scents within an entree or dessert, and with little effort, identify every ingredient by their sense of taste or smell alone. It amazes me how they can differentiate between all the combined ingredients, and not only tell you what’s in the dish, but how much of each item is in it.
Its embarrassing how little talent I possess for cooking. One time, a few years ago, I tried making fresh bread for our family, but to my chagrin, the finished product was so hard, even our dog wouldn’t eat it. Try as I might, all of my attempts at creating sumptuous meals have fallen far short of their culinary goal – both in taste and presentation.
When it comes to cooking, its easy to see that some people simply have more talent than others.
But recently, something interesting happened to me, when I was cleaning the garage – I opened a metal storage cabinet where I Read the rest of this entry »
