(Not) Knowing
One of the funny things about growing older (and in my case, that means OLDer), is that the more you think you know, the less you seem to know (or maybe it's just that there appears to be so much more to know). I tended to like the opening words of Editor Stephen Orr from Better Homes & Gardens , who described himself as " ...not the most precise person in the kitchen, I love to cook but don't like to slow down to measure or weigh ingredients. For me, cooking is more the grand gesture of making a dish. I don't usually follow a recipe. I taste and make adjustments as I go. I think of it almost like making music. That seems to be how I read, or learn, or remember, the bits and pieces seeming to come out okay in the end but far from perfect. And lately, these random discoveries appear to be arriving at an ever faster rate. It started with a simple visit to my grocery store for some flour,* you know, those bags that you see almost daily and walk by withou