Who is Cooking

Well cooking is one of my great pleasures. Early on I wanted to emulate my father who was a good old boy from Georgia and a sensational self taught cook and he told that I could use the stove and cook as soon as my belly button hit the top of the stove. Then of course we got a new stove and there was more waiting. But then I really started cooking and then taking cooking classes. Pulling a meal together can be such fun because you have the research -- read all those fab cook books -- about what to cook, the shopping which I actually enjoy and then The Cooking. To great acclaim you hope. So, it's a perfect win-win. There is a beginning, middle and end. And then the applause.

But these days not so much. It's not a question of applause, it's just that I don't care about cooking or really what I eat. Hot food figures highly on my key list as a survivor and I embrace it as a concept. Butwhen I don't want to cook, then my family has eaten alot of cereal or drunk shakes for dinner. Isn't that a backwards day after all?

And now to cope with my gastronmic slowdown, Arnie is cooking several days week which is really quite nice. I like to sit down with both Arnie and Kate at family dinners where we share what we did and didn't do during the day and so it's very nice to have Arnie take over the chef role. Last night was Linguine with clams.
So, chef, What's for dinner for tonight?