I think the key here, though, that the author didn't mention, is that you should cook some real food for for other people. I can make food that I think is fant

I think the key here, though, that the author didn't mention, is that you should cook some real food for for other people. I can make food that I think is fantastic for myself, but isn't necessarily presentable. I can slop together pasta dish full of random fresh vegetables using homemade tomato sauce. I think it's absolutely delicious, because I don't mind dumping the whole runny mess into a mixing bowl and eating out of that. Either I have to sell that strategy to my guests, or I have to put some more thought into presentation, repeatability (I have to be able to prepare the food on their schedule rather than mine) and probably, more care needs to be taken when choosing the combination of vegetables and spices.