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Coffee Maker; without it there's no need for anything else in the kitchen cause I'll still be in bed.

Thanks for all the wishes. But the reality Adam is you are posting new content like Cook the Book only I have to wade through shit I've already seen to get it. Here's an idea, be happy with a light week, and let us all enjoy it. -- Holli

One of my early mentors would be my mother in law. She still cooks Sunday dinner for at least 20 almost every week. My next mentor would be Martha Stewart. She really started broadening my horizons. And then I'd list Sarah Moulton. I'd watch her for hours when my son was a newborn.

The most important element of cooking is developing a sense of what tastes right and being able to adapt to achieve that in your dishes.

I tried this pie though I cheated on the crust and I guess I underbaked it. It didn't set, so I substituted bowl for a pie plate, topped with vanilla ice cream and redubbed it cobbler. It tasted great, but didn't look like pie.

I'm a newlywed and its Thanksgiving. We live over 2000 miles from home, so my in-laws are coming and my mother-in-law is going to cook. She faxes me the grocery list on it is "frozen onion, chopped." Thanksgiving morning arrives and she asks where's the onion. I open the freezer and remove one yellow onion completely frozen and wait for her to chop it.