I love this piece by Mark Bittman, New York Times food writer;
Worry less, Cook More
By Mark Bittman
I recently did an interview with Time Out New York, and I thought that cooks who worry about perfection might find this part of it useful.
Question: “What would you say is the most important skill to develop in the kitchen?
Answer: “The ability to go in there and start. I am the least impressive cook you will ever see. I am completely without knife skills, I screw things up all the time. When ...

Yankee Pier Fund-Raiser and More…
Enjoy a seafood lunch or dinner at Yankee Pier in Lafayette on Sept. 24, and benefit a good cause at the same time.
Twenty percent of sales from that entire day will be donated to the Taylor Family Foundation.
The non-profit partnered with the East Bay Regional Park District in 1998 to build Camp Arroyo in Livermore. The camp serves Northern California children suffering from life-threatening and chronic illnesses, as well as kids with developmental disabiliti...