I often read cookbooks and other people's blogs and feel incredibly inadequate. Why don't I have marathon cooking sessions and go to blog conferences where I meet other like minded bloggers? Well, there's two reasons really. Firstly, I'm not very good at blowing my own trumpet, (British-ness, I suppose), so generally don't get invited to anything and secondly, if I did, I would be so overcome with shyness and intimidation, I would get drunk and start to annoy everyone. They are two very good reasons. Therefore, I will have to make do with getting very excited when one friend comes to cook with me for the day and proclaims she has never made pastry before.
