Archive for the 'Art of Cooking' Category
While shopping at Target, I saw my daughter excitedly jumping up and down by the Nintendo DS games section. She had espied the latest “buy-it” game called Cooking Mama. Since I fancy myself a cooking afficionado, I agreed to make the purchase. Back home she put it on her machine and started to play. As I was looking over her shoulder I found myself extremely fascinated by this Japanese game. It introduces kids to common cooking terminology. Continue Reading »
Cooking Mama: Not Just A Game but A How-To On Cooking
Williams Sonoma has a simple tagline: The Place for Cooks. And it is. It really is. Every time I’m at the mall and pass by their store, I have to stop just to gaze at the shiny copper pans and beautifully arranged dinnerware and linen. But, more of then than not, I don’t go into the store. I just feast my eyes on their display window. Why, you ask? Because there’s something so intimidating about Williams Sonoma. Every product they have is well-made and so attractively packaged. I feel like I neither can afford nor Continue Reading »
Williams Sonoma — Intimidated by the Place for Cooks
Cooking is one of those activities that always generates mixed reactions. My mother is a true kitchen whiz and so, of course, she loves cooking. No measuring cups or spoons necessary. She comes up with culinary masterpieces just by using her taste buds (Hmm..needs just a pinch of salt more.) One of my dearest friends (a real estate agent), on the other hand, detests the very idea of stepping into a kitchen unless she has to show one to her clients –in which case, she waxes poetic about the features of the Italian marble or the Viking range. Some are what I would characterize as in-betweeners. Continue Reading »
Cooking — Relaxing or Stressful?

















