Why another cooking blog?

If you've spent any time in the blogosphere, you've noticed the incredible number of cooking blogs out there. Why another one? What could I possibly have to say?

Well, here's the thing. Most cooking blogs are written by people who love to cook, and so they're written for people who love to cook. That's why this blog is different. Now, I do love to cook, but I'm writing for people who are cooking-phobic, or who hate it, or who've always meant to learn but just never got around to it. I'm writing for people who get home at 7:00, look despairingly in the refrigerator, and get Thai takeout for the sixteenth time that month. I'm writing for people who have never in their lives washed out a turkey cavity -- and what are giblets, anyway? -- and who are kind of afraid to reach in there. There might be snakes, or something.

That's why this blog was born. I am the snake charmer of the kitchen. I will guide you past the burned casseroles, the flat cakes, the dry chicken, the mushy pasta. I will teach you to feed yourself and your loved ones with a minimum of effort and a maximum of results. Everyone should know how to cook. Even if you can actually afford to eat out every night, what happens when it's snowing and you don't want to leave the house? What about breakfast? What about your waistline? How many landfill-clogging little white takeout containers do you want to be responsible for?

This, my friends, is our journey. We will explore the kitchen, deconstruct some recipes, learn a few tricks, beat back the snakes, impress our friends and dismay our enemies. We will conquer cooking. And we'll have us some fun while we do it.