A comedy of errors, except without the comedy.

Cooking continues apace here at the Weaselden. Monday night I made Chicken With Fresh Tomato Sauce, which was optimistically described as a "simple, yet delicious dish." This simple dish took me TWO FREAKING HOURS to get on the table. Why? Because I still have no earthly idea what I'm doing, and I can't remember the recipe or the ingredients or the steps and have to keep going "what? what?" and looking at it every 10 seconds. Chicken breasts, fresh rosemary, a shallot, garlic, plum tomatoes, fresh basil (which smells like armpits!), chicken broth, and balsamic vinegar (which smells like one of the Circles of Hell when cooking). ( My kitchen implements mock me. )