Cooking Like A Pro
By Lisa Laird
Do you like to cook? I have been cooking since I was a little girl. My mother liked variety and installed in me a love for many different foods. While cooking wasn't her favorite pastime, she was very good at it. She liked to eat and, therefore, made sure that she knew how to do it right. On the other hand, she wasn't averse to eating out. Back when I was growing up, eating out was a great treat and the thought of being able to make a dish that I had eaten in a restaurant for myself would never have occurred to me, mainly because those were not available. They were strictly secret.

I grew up and married. By this time I had become an accomplished cook. Experimentation and variety are my trademarks. On the other hand, there are certain restaurant foods that just seem to call my name. I can remember the first time I spied a recipe for Colonel Sander's "original recipe" chicken. I was amazed that not only was it an amazingly easy recipe, but all of the ingredients were common ones that I could easily find in the grocery store, as well. In addition, I could even adapt it to my family's taste and get the same flavors. For example, if I wanted to make KFC style chicken, but wanted to cut back on the fat, I could take off the skin, or

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