In the kitchen I've been cooking up a storm lately, but I guess that's nothing new: ever since I got off my meal plan as an undergrad, I've tried to cook. My skills aren't the best, but hey, I haven't died yet so I must be doing something right. I started out slow, cooking macaroni and what not. Then the summer of 2003 came and I really started settin' things off. I got my hands on a Forman Grill (my roommates actually) and learned about the magic of Adobo. Since then, I've been eatin' good (or at least that's what I like to think anyway).I recently stepped my game up though, trading in my Forman Grill for a real skillet. In all honesty, I've gotta admit the move kinda happened by accident: my Forman Grill was actin' up, leaving me me with the skillet as my only option to cook the chicken I had. It took me a second to get used to the new medium, but I managed. This past summer I added a couple new weapons to the arsenal. I got my hands on a lettuce dryer and picked up a new pot. The lettuce dryer is easily the best invention since the spork. It basically uses centrifugal force to dry the leaves. I used to waste hella paper towel trying to do the job, but not anymore; I recommend every kitchen have a lettuce dryer. Not just any lettuce dryer though, the one by OXO. There are others out there, some costing 1/30th of the price of the OXO, but the extra money spent is well worth it, reaping dividends from the first bite. I use the new pot to cook pasta in (good lookin' out Maria). That thing has changed my life too. I used to cook pasta in a normal sauce pan, which was no good cause the foamy stuff would rise over the top and get all over the burner (actually started a fire one time last year, shit was crazy). But now, with this new pot, it's so big I'd have to cook tons of pasta before stuff started coming out of it. Sometimes I even start rattling off some Italian while I'm cooking&hellip okay, so maybe it hasn't quite changed my whole life, but it's definitely an appreciated addition to the kitchen. Next week I plan to bring out the Asian inside of me. I saw this cooking show the other day and now I'm inspired (they made it look so easy). We'll see about that one…
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