Serendipity.

Right in the middle of jotting down some notes on the reason(s) why more people don't take the time to cook their own meals, this morning's blog post from Michael Ruhlman hits both the simplicity and "cooking is not that difficult" nails squarely on the head.

Ruhlman recently released perhaps one of the most useful kitchen references, a book called Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking which breaks down recipes into parts rather than strict measures. This particular post is about making paté a choux (or cream puff dough) and described as a "beautiful food made from basic ingredients: water, butter, flour, eggs!".

But sprinkled throughout the post are a few of the same thoughts about cooking aversion that are on my giant ...but the devil sends the cooks notepad. To wit: "DON'T LET THE FOOD COMPANIES TELL YOU YOU'RE TOO STUPID TO COOK AND THAT COOKING IS A CHORE! THEY ONLY WANT YOUR MONEY!"

Warmed my heart, that.