[Sca-cooks] OT/OOP From today's NY Times Food section...

[Sue Clemenger]

Yeah, somehow I don't think your wife's a beta anything.  ;o)  At least,
from what I've heard!
--Maire, who lives with Alpha Chefs in her barony (durned professionals!
can't bring anything to guild night without it getting scrutinized! ;o)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" <adamantius1 at verizon.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 7:43 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] OT/OOP From today's NY Times Food section...


> I swear, this is not about me...
>
> Adamantius
>
>
> > February 14, 2007
> >
> > He Cooks. She Stews. It’s Love.
> >
> > By KATHERINE WHEELOCK
> > YOLANDA EDWARDS was at a friend’s house in Brooklyn for dinner when
> > the hostess asked her to pull out a pot for boiling pasta. Ms.
> > Edwards froze. As her friend looked at her in disbelief, she said
> > she was not up to the job.
> >
> > “I used to think I was a good cook,” said Ms. Edwards, an editor at
> > the parenting magazine Cookie. “But my husband’s a kitchen bully.
> > He’s so critical, I second-guess myself now.”
> >
> > If there were a clinical diagnosis for her problem, it might be
> > called beta cook disorder. Even though Ms. Edwards blithely
> > prepared flank steak for dinner parties when she was in college,
> > she is now married to someone who takes charge in the kitchen: an
> > alpha cook.