Worry Less, Cook More

On his last birthday before getting married and moving out of my parent's place, my brother Roger wound up with a cookbook courtesy of moi. The author of said cookbook had some worthwhile advice to give in a recent interview:

Question: “What would you say is the most important skill to develop in the kitchen?

Answer: “The ability to go in there and start. I am the least impressive cook you will ever see. I am completely without knife skills, I screw things up all the time. When I’m in the kitchen I’m not obsessively trying to create the perfect dish; I’m trying to put dinner on the table. Comparing yourself to the people who cook on television is like comparing yourself to Andre Agassi. If you can drive you can cook.”