Internet + Cooking + Me is kind of bad -- I look up a recipe, find six or twelve, look at them, notice the commonalities, and then make up my own version.

Who taught you to cook? Oh, it must have been... Me!

I love reading cookbooks, but I rarely use the recipes as written. There are so many ingredients that have to be replaced because of allergies, sensitivities, not wanting to use processed sugar or white flour, making something kosher, wanting to experiment a little, or just because it will taste better with this instead of that. Besides, it's more fun to cook this way - making it up as you go.

Hmmm - now, let's see... what do I have in the pantry?