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Hi Food Friends, over 12 years ago I decided "You have to eat, so why not learn to cook and eat well" so I started teaching myself how to cook. Frustrated by cookbooks and magazines that presumed I was a gourmet-cooking expert just because I wanted to eat like one, I created the Reluctant Gourmet website as a "cooking guide for the novice from a novice".

Now I help other home cooks become more skilled and confident in their own kitchens. My website provides how-to articles, photos, and interviews with top chefs giving his visitors the tools they need to tackle even the most ambitious of gourmet dishes, regardless of their cooking experience.

One visitor to www.reluctantgourmet.com said, "I like his site because he has so many easy ways to follow along. RG explains things so darned well. I've been getting his newsletter for a couple years now and really enjoy them. I love that he's learning right along with the rest of us!"

I now publish a cooking & recipe blog to keep RG's visitors current on my latest cooking adventures. The site's "Novice to Pro" interviews with top chefs and Culinary School Resource Center connects aspiring professional cooks to top schools in the culinary world.

The millions of yearly visitors from every corner of the world inspire me and drive my continued innovation as a home cook. "I'm still still a Reluctant Gourmet! I may take more risks in the kitchen, but there is always so much to learn. The community encourages each other to always make the best meal possible.

I am really looking forward to creating some cooking lenses that some of you may find interesting and helpful especially those of you who may be a little "reluctant" yourself in the kitchen and are looking for new ways to prepare delicious meals everyday.

I encourage you to check out my cooking and recipe blog and if you have questions, check out my cooking forum at http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/forum/ where there are a lot of helpful home cooks who generously share ideas.

Look forward to seeing you online,

RG

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calmkoala Sep 26, 2010 @ 5:14 pm | delete

Thank you so much for your kind comments on the 'newbie' thread. It's a bit bewildering to start off, but I'm getting there! I love your 'Teaching your kids to cook' lens, have lensrolled it to my 'Encourage your child to love food the healthy way' lens.

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