Independence

The most dreaded part of writing for you, other than figuring out what, is summarizing recipes 'In short.'  While it's a simple summary, writing pithy instructions, and doing it well, is very difficult.  When I first stopped writing that section, I got a few complaints about its absence.  People are actually cooking this stuff?  No way!

At that point I made an effort to update past recipes and bring back the section to new entries.  I think that lasted about a week.  After all, I was making the move to one quality post a week, instead of two meager ones, and would rather [try to] write something well or not at all.

Then it happened, that Ruhlman fellow, who helped Keller write The French Laundry, and has cranked out many other fine works, posted a very interesting article.  Recipe-less cooking?  That means I don't have to write those in short sections anymore-- hooray!

But there's a catch.  Going to have to focus on technique and inspiration.  Cold front has come in, so there are no cute girls around for the inspiration part.  I turn to my computer and someone is IMing me about something important.  Cut him off and and ask what is something he wants to eat.  "Salsa!"  Keep going.  "Chicken parmesan!"  Not really my thing, but will be great for this exercise.

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