On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:13:25 -0500, Dave Smith
> fired up random neurons and
synapses to opine:

>Pete C. wrote:
>
>
>>> There are people that do have all of the attributes you describe and have a
>>> genuine interest in learning and expanding the culinary experience. I don't
>>> know what title to give them, but cook, IMO, is not the right one.
>>
>> Chef vs. cook perhaps? Chef developing recipes vs. cook following them?
>
>I certainly do not consider myself a chef, but I rarely follow recipes,
>except when baking. Even when I use a recipe I don't always follow it
>exactly.

I like to call myself a "cook hobbyist." I'm certainly not a
professional, but I like to think I cook a few notches above what most
folks attempt.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

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