Kitchen Confessional

[russhutto]

That's right I've gone and done it. A "Kitchen" confessional. Over on the ol blog I've got all the details, but in short I've begun a series of posts that will chronicle my journeys to conquer the Kitchen.

My wife who is a wonderful cook, has been extremely overloaded with school lately and I've stepped up to take on the kitchen-master mantle. She's grateful, I'm taming the culinary world, and our relationship is a bit sweeter as a result.

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Check out the ol blog for my first confessional with recipe and all...

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[El Ben]

You know, I worked through college at Mint To Be Catering under certified Master Chef Leigh Jackson. I have a bazillion very simple, very tasty recipes if you'd like me to share. From high class to down home, I've done it all. I looooove to cook.

[russhutto]

Thanks, Ben... go ahead and post a few.

I've been cooking for about 12 years now, so I'm not a total noob, I just kinda put in on pause when we got married, which I probably shouldn't have done, but anyways...

I didn't mean to make it sound like I had never cooked before. I'm actually fairly decent. Well, most people that I serve my creations to think so :)

[El Ben]

You know what, I think I've found my next blog project.

Food 2.0 (aka the food confessional). Russ, you've inspired me. I'm totally ripping off your idea. Bwah ha ha haaaa!

[russhutto]

Have fun! I've already had the wheels turning about doing some sort of "Kitchen Confessional" series on YouTube, would you by any chance like to collaborate?

[El Ben]

I'd love to. It could either very disastrous or very funny...or both!

What exactly did you have in mind?

[russhutto]

Not realy sure off the top of my head, but I had kind of thought about doing just some "real man's" cooking. Kind of just a video journal of some of those "simple" recipes that can be thrown together pretty easily.

I think the element of "disastrous" kitchen humor would be a plus though. Maybe we could put together a "10 minute" episode with a good simple recipe, some witty trivia, and something funny.

I don't know.

I had even thought about just doing a pretty straightforward "confessional" style video, as in, hey this is what I "did" for this dish, or even kind of a first-person shooter (cook's pov) style video.

Again, just had the wheels tunring, but might it be cool, to do some sort of confessional, attached to a "blog" that has more of the "substance" and actual recipes, text content, etc...

Your thoughts?

[El Ben]

I very much like the "episode" vs. the "confessional." That way, you can build up e-steam for when Food Network's "Next Food Network Star" rolls around, we could have a fighting chance.