What is nearly as good as eating?

Making the food you are about to eat!  In the last few years, I have begun to learn how to cook, or at least mix some ingredients and heat them.  I credit much of my desire to learn to cook with "Good Eats," a TV show with Alton Brown.  However, while I have learned a lot from Alton Brown, his shows and cookbooks, my true desire in the process is cooking with and for Jana.

When Jana and I team up to make a meal, the making is as enjoyable as the eating, and sometimes more (though, when Jana is involved, the eating is hard to beat... I eat well!).  One blessing of learning a few things in the kitchen has been the last few months.  Jana has not had a lot of energy from the pregnancy, so I have had the joy of picking up most of the meal times.  I thought that would be very bad for Jana, that she would have to endure dinners fixed by me.  I hope that has not been the case. 

One thing I will say though is that practice makes perfect.  In the last year, I have gone from following the recipe on a few things and wondering why it did not turn out, to modifying recipes to fit ingredients and tastes.  That has been fun.

My favorite thing this to fix is, without a doubt, biscuits.  Alton Brown, "I'm Just Here for More Food", Phase III biscuit!  Go buy the book just for that recipe.

Gotta go fix dinner!  (hot dogs, with homemade chili)