By Mary Vee With the plethora of cooking shows, specialized cookbooks, and Internet recipes available, anyone could step into the kitchen and try their hand at making a delectable dish. In the movie Julie/Julia, Julie blogged about her cooking through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking . The movie showed that not all dishes turn out tasty the first time and that cooking truly is an art. I was given a cookbook as a wedding present. Great idea because I was a master hamburger helper/tuna fish sandwich cook. New husbands tend to want more variety in their meals. Each day I flipped open the book to some random page, looked at the ingredients, and if I had them . . . I attempted to make the dish, following every step to the letter. To my surprise, the meals turned out pretty good. After a while, I thought I understood the fine art of substituting ingredients. Saffron is very expensive. Other ingredients didn't last long enough to keep and didn't see...
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