Last week I taught a friend in our neighborhood how to make pumpkin pie. Everything was from scratch, from baking the pumpkin to making the crust. I told her how back home, it is actually much easier (if you use a store-bought crust and pumpkin from a can, both of which I do), but I don't think she believed me. She very much enjoyed the pie, but said it was very complicated and she would need lots of practice first. This week I went over to her kitchen and she taught me how to make chapati, a local favorite, similar in concept to a tortilla. She informed me that compared to the pie, this would be so much easier! As she poured flour, milk, eggs, oil and salt into a bowl, without measuring any of it, I knew she was wrong! See, I am the type of cook who NEEDS a recipe. Shauen is the person in our family who opens the cupboard doors, pulls some things out and comes up with a fabulous meal from scratch. Me?! I can cook most things, if I have a recipe! Without one I am lost. So while I do not have a recipe for chapati, I at least have an ingredient list and a vague concept of how the dough should feel like after everything is mixed together.  Maybe next time I go for a cooking lesson I should bring Shauen along.  -Krista