i was referring to what one could learn on tv, knowing a process is vastly
different from developing skills from knowing about it, i am sure one simple
class doesn't make one an expert on any particular skill set, cooking or
not, but to claim that veiwing a tv show does the same is really silly, and
that was my point, i didn't mean to infer that years ow work and practice
was discounted, as you know, i can tell from the recipes you post,
experience in general and experimintation, are the only way to improve
skills,

I hope tha t makes sense,

Lee
"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> Lee wrote:
>
>> if you take one cooking class from a reputable school you learn all of
>> that science stuff
>
> This is simply not true. People take YEARS to acquire that kind of
> knowledge, and some of the people on the forefront (e.g. Harold McGee and
> Shirley Corriher) are still experimenting and learning after thirty years.
>
> Bob
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