I love watching Giada’s cooking shows. Not so because of her cooking, but I just enjoy looking at a modern and beautiful cook.  I am not born to be a cook. I lack the patience and love for it. As Ricky used to tell me after eating my food, “Food tastes better if you put your heart in it”. I humbly accept what he was implying.

Although I enjoy making quite and easy treats once in a while, food is not where you can find my heart. If an entree takes more than 30 minutes to prepare and cook, I’m dropping it from my menu. Even Rachael Ray’s 30-minute meals are not fast enough for me. Sad. So I use her recipes as a starting point and personalize them with my own short cuts. I am collecting these magazines so that when my mom has to move back to Hong Kong, we won’t have to order pizza every night.