I used to pride myself as a reasonably good cook. I see it as a relaxing way of inventing dishes from the ones I know as a base.

However dearie really can invent things. He invented a wonderful crepe dessert with his own invention of pear-blueberry filling by using up ripe pears, a touch of maple syrup, sour cream, even a bit of ricotta cheese and sprinkled with sliced almonds. Crepes were leftover ones he made a few wks. ago.

He wished we had some cooking wine at home to finish off the dish.

I'm beginning to be intimidated by his creative cooking..

But in short, he's better at inventing all sorts of salads, sauces (savoury and dessert sauces), fruit compotes and pureed veggie soups.

Whereas, I'm just stir-frying, sautéing veggies and steaming some dishes. I'm getting boring..