“But his wife wants to be the judge of his success.“
My wife and I married in the middle of our freshman year of college. Between the two of us, we had a fairly complete culinary repertoire: she made an excellent grilled cheese sandwich, and I could fry an egg, but not really to her liking. Bacon was hit or miss depending on the day. Toast I had covered, assuming nothing went wrong between the bread and the toaster.
Fortunately there was a donut shop within walking distance that sold day-old bags for a dollar. We were not going to starve.
What’s Coming
Here is a taste of what is ahead — and yes, I am aware that is a cooking pun:
• Grilled Cheese Sandwich — making the easiest meal in the cookbook, a little special.
• Granddaddy Can’t Boil Water in Under Five Hours — taking a can of soup and making it just a little bit special. I am acquiring it slowly.
• Grocery Shopping Mistakes — the difference between homemade and store-bought, and why it matters more than I thought.
• Cooking for Others — when exactly is it appropriate to inflict your cooking experiments on people outside your immediate family?
Some of these topics will take more than one post to cover properly. That’s fine. We are not in a hurry, and there are no grades.
One last thing worth saying: this whole website — the telescope, the Bible, the golf, all of it — started here. With a retired man who wanted to cook a real meal for his wife and had absolutely no idea how. Everything else grew out of that. I thought you should know.
Grace and Peace —
Scott Walker