"Tara" wrote

> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/di...mini.html?_r=1
>
> I love Mark Bittman's 101 idea columns. These are good ideas for
> holiday entertaining.

Not bad actually! I'd have appreciated them very much when I first started
cooking. Some are more than 'beginner cook' as well though rendered in
simple words so are pretty easy.