Yes, I like to cook.

"So, do you like to cook?"

An attractive girl asked me the above question this past weekend. Here's how the rest of that went down:

me: "Yeah, I like cooking."
girl: "hmm, do you have a girlfriend?
me: "nope." (sweet)
girl: "...wife?"
me: "nope." (perhaps she's interested)
girl: "huh, so you just cook for yourself?"
me: "yep, most of the time" (aw shucks)

I know it's tough to convey the context of that conversation, but I promise, it was only slightly awkward. I did manage to score a hug, when she realized the burn. I say realized, because it turns out she was just really amazed that a guy would cook for one, rather than actually trying to bust my chops. I admit, cooking for one has its challenges, but with practice, I've gotten better at creating tasty, and relatively inexpensive meals, without wasting ingredients to spoilage, etc.

At the moment, I'm watching Good Eats - a personal favorite, and this episode is all about popcorn. I am now inspired to make an attempt at homemade popcorn. I like Alton's approach to cooking and his cooking show. He's very practical (often touting kitchen multi-taskers), and has many shows about making the most out of simple, readily available ingredients.

Again, I babble - but at least this post was more fun than my previous one!

Cheers.