Got a little carried away:

whew….got a little carried away.

New Cooking Light *and* Cooks Illustrated arrived!

These are exciting times for myself. New stuff to try, new articles to read. I haven’t gotten a chance to look at the Cooks Illustrated yet but I gotta say, this months Cooking Light looks to be a massive disappointment. On my initial glance I only saw (2) dishes I wanted to make. Hopefully a slower trip through the rag will reveal a few more. I have a personal favorite recipe to share with y’all this weekend so be on the lookout….matter a fact, I gotta go take some pictures for it now.

Why “Cooking With Magazines”?

The wife and I have been living under 1 roof for 7 years now. Up until, say, 2 years ago, I let the bulk of the cooking duties fall onto her shoulders…and by bulk I mean almost all. Well. A year or two ago we had a talk and became evident that more effort in the kitchen would maybe possibly equate to more nookie in the sense that would definitely equate to less stress on her. So I picked up a knife and a frying pan.

Flash forward to today…

I have a few cast iron frying pans, a cast iron dutch oven, a crock pot and a deep fryer. In order to use these tools I have my DVR set to record all episodes of Alton Brown and subscriptions to Cooks Illustrated and Cooking Light from which 90% of my meals come from. Hence, Cooking With Magazines.

Please allow me to introduce myself…

Hi. My name is Bryan Childs. I also go by Autopsy IV. Bryan in the real world. Autopsy in the digital world. I am 34, married and we have a dog named Mildred. This is my second blog. My first is a music blog called ninebullets.net. This (Cooking With Magazines) will not be about music. It will be about my trails and tribulations in and about the kitchen. So I’ll set the scene:

My wife can cook. She can walk into the kitchen, look at what’s in the pantry and fridge and make something awesome. I can pick a recipe and she’ll just glance at it an then go make it…no measuring cups, no measuring spoons and replacing, adding or subtracting ingredients as she goes….and 95% of the time it works.

I cook only in the strictest definition of the term…I apply heat to assembled ingredients for a designated period of time and then I eat them. I measure everything to a tee. I have to read a recipe a minimum of 10 times before I have completed a dish. If we are missing and ingredient I go and buy it. If I can’t find it, I don’t make that dish….and 95% of the time, cooking dinner stresses me the fuck out.

So why do I do it?

For the nookie.

Just kidding (kinda). I do it cause these are the cards we have been dealt. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the wife works till around 9:00 so if we are gonna eat a descent meal…I’m gonna have to make it….so now, I’ve decided to chronicle my failures and successes here on the internets for you.

With any luck, it’ll be fun. I hope to post a minimum of twice a week. Perhaps more, probably less.