Home cooking

I am not realling a cook.  I am not a big fan of cooking.  It can be an art for those interested in doing recipes.  I do have some respect for foodies.  They are ready to take time to make and eat good meals.  There is a lot that cover that crowd: magazine, cooking shows, whole line of gadget and items to facilitate cooking, cooking books...

It seems so easy while looking the perfection of Martha Stewart (http://www.marthastewart.com/), while she cook or see the fool proof steps of a recipes of America's test kitchen (https://www.americastestkitchen.com/).  I feel a bit of envy for all those cooking celebrities.  They are at the height of popularity.  With them, cooking become an visual art and they have people who help them.  At this level, it become a team work.  Nothing wrong with that.  They fill a need.

It is easy to buy ready made meals, go to restaurant or order onlinle for delivery.  If not using those options, there is the trend to do a meal the quick way, say 30 minutes as popularize by Ken Kostick (http://www.kenkostick.biz/) among others.  It gives the feeling that people who takes time to makes home made meals become rare birds.

I don't feel I am a good cook.  I think at some close people around me and they had some specialties.  Even if I had received some familial recipies or tricks, I don't have their magical touches.  It may come with time but when these people are gone, I feel there will have something missing in my life.  My grandma had the best toast with peanut butter and best chololate milk from cocoa powder (think of the bunny).  My mother have the best coleslaw ever.  So, maybe I feel a complex of inferiority with cooking or I haven't found my own speciality dish...