I didn’t write my normal “Fire in the Kitchen” column this week, partly because I ran out of the recipes you have all been sending in, and partly because I wanted to talk about some food trends instead.
Instead, Alex Goodman, the Film | TV editor, and I voiced our opinions about all of the new baking shows such as “Cake Boss,” “Amazing Cakes” and the “Next Great Baker,” as well as “Worst Cooks in America.” Read about the cooking show trend here.
I wanted to identify with “Worst Cooks” ““ after all, I write a food column every week about my botched cooking attempts as well.
The show, however, is actually pretty boring ““ maybe it’s because no one really screws up that badly. But maybe that’s also why I ran out of recipes as well. Send me a recipe for an upcoming week, and I promise that I have a good chance at botching it (see my tofu column from last week here). I’ll still try to do it right, though, and you can get a free lunch out of it ““ I always bring the end result to all of my sources.
Now, I also want to cook with you ““ if you think you can teach me something, e-mail me and we can cook up my next column together.
E-mail me your favorite recipe at mkrivoruchko@media.ucla.edu.