[femme gauche]

Wow - sounds like a lot of work/time! I guess you like to cook?

I haven't done much cooking - more baking, though - but my mother has several cookbooks she has accumulated through the years. One of the ones which I turn to frequently is the Betty Crocker cookbook. It is old, and the style is kind of like... 50s at least it seems to be... but, it is very helpful and explains everything without assumptions that the reader has had training, haha.