I don’t know if you are like me - I like to cook, but not everyday. I am what you call, a reluctant cook. Years ago I tested my husband’s cooking skills and quickly realized that his idea of an herb was Lawry’s Seasoned Salt. Plus his mother’s and sister’s idea of cooking was to reach in the refrigerator and pull out any jar, cut out the mold, and have it for a meal. With this new-found knowledge, I immediately decided that I should do the cooking if I wanted to stay alive. Now, after 22 years of marriage and two kids, the reluctant cook is verging on dinner burn-out. So I have re-kindled my relationship with my kitchen to make fun and easy meals and great salads. Dang, it depends on the moment. Today, it's bananas since I have three over ripe ones sitting in a bowl. Tomorrow, who knows, maybe fried chicken. For me, it's not the act of cooking, but watching people's faces when they take the first bite, whether it is a fat cream puff, or the world's sexiest salad I am famous for cream puffs. Don't laugh, it's the world's easiest dessert to make, but when people see my cream puffs, they get ecstatic. This ability of dumping flour into boiling water and butter, has made me a cooking goddess from school events, piano performances, to New Year's Day parties, and teacher meetings. Want to break the ice and make new friends effortlessly? Learn to make cream puffs. It's in the trash can today.