This article made me smile. It's so well written, and funny. About a guy who learns to respect, and love cooking, as he 'whips up' gourmet meals for 3 different women. The beginning is below. To finish reading, click continue, and it will bring you to the New York Times site. If you haven't registered before, you might have to do so first, but it only takes a minute and is free, and you won't have to do it again. :)
I KNEW I was in trouble when it took 40 minutes to chop a garlic clove.
"Dude, you've got to peel it first," suggested Jack, my close friend, kitchen aide-de-camp and fellow bachelor.
"If I'm supposed to peel it, then why doesn't the book tell me to peel it?" I asked. Reasonably, I might add.
"Trust me," Jack said. "Peel it."
Trust him? Jack spends nights playing snowboard video games. He broke up with his last girlfriend, a beautiful, witty and loving woman, because "she did bad impressions." His favorite dinner is Sara Lee lemon cream layer cake. Then again, Jack worked as a waiter a few years back. So I peeled. Then I chopped. This cooking business wasn't so hard. I shoveled the garlic chunks into a bowl.
"Chop," Jack said. "Not cut in quarters, chop."
That was when I realized this was going to be tougher than I thought.
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