Bachelors!

Two confirmed bachelors sat talking, their conversation drifted from women to politics to cooking. "You know, I got a cookbook once," said Ben, "but I could never do anything with it." "Too much fancy work in it, right?" asked the Sam. "You said it. Every one of the recipes began the same darn way - I couldn't past it, 'Take a clean dish. . ."
Originally published November 14, 2002.