Category: Cooking Fail

Sometimes a cooking failure is not really a failure, as such. I have a friend whose birthday is today. Her son also has a birthday this week. She invited my husband and I over for her birthday dinner, and I asked immediately, “What kind of cake do you like?’...

All we need is a little patience. I am a good cook and a better baker. I can make puff pastry, cream puffs, eclairs, cannolis – you name it I’ve made it. Souffle? It’s a snap! Tiramisu? Of course! I’m not afraid to try to make anything. Except for...

When I was younger and engaged to be married to my first husband, I made a lot of mistakes. I was truly living in what I like to term my “Barbie” bubble. The kind of thinking about marriage and life that results from years of watching sitcoms, reading romance...

So, I am going to share another cooking fail. When I was in 7th grade, and my sister, Mindy, was in 6th grade, our parents were both working. Mom worked first shift, Dad worked second shift. Sometimes Dad would be home just as we got home, and he’d leave...

I’m a very good cook. One thing that it has taken me years to accept is that very good cooks sometimes make mistakes, and create something that is completely inedible. My husband is a decent cook and a brilliant man, and as such, he sometimes gets distracted when he’s...