Thanksgiving Week Column

I like to cook. To me cooking is like playing with the chemistry sets my parents bought me when I was young. They undoubtedly thought I would do the experiments in the accompanying books. The truth is, I rarely, if ever followed the instructions. I liked to try different things to see what would happen. Some results were good, some not so much. A couple were more dangerous than advisable.

Likewise, I cook the same way. Some results are delicious, some acceptable, a few disasters. Over the years I have learned not to combine some ingredients and expect a good result. I have lots of recipe books...