LESSONS I LEARNED IN THE KITCHEN

Sooner or later, everyone who knows me learns that I am not a cook. I am so glad that others actually enjoy cooking, because in my experience, it can be a pretty dangerous undertaking. It's not that I can't cook, it's just that I find the process so boring that I tend to look for shortcuts or I wander off in the middle of it to do something more interesting. I often joke that I should write a cookbook called "When the Smoke Alarm Goes Off, It's Done."

I thought I'd jot down a few of the lesson...