As I’ve mentioned before, dear reader, I don’t know a whole lot about cooking thanks to my family surroundings. “Kathleen Jo Raskin, this is wonderful. How did you do it?” is always heard around the dinners I cook for our gatherings. Contrary to what people tell you, cooking is more than just following a recipe. I remember some of my first failures to this affect involving too much salt and inedible chicken. It’s a devastating blow to have to order pizza when a meal doesn’t work out, but you just must jump back up on the saddle and try again.
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