This past Saturday, I got to hang out with the beautiful Krista from The Garden Gourmet. We took a trip to the Farmer’s Market, the grocery store, and headed back to her place with goodies to cook. Except I didn’t do anything but watch her. And taste test.

She made lots of wonderful stuff, and even sent me home with some scones (and a few other things, but we’ll talk about that later). Scones that are deliciously wonderful and that you should make as soon as she gets a spare moment to post the recipe.

It had been a long time since I sat and watched someone cook. We had excellent conversation that passed the time quickly, but it’s been since I was a little kid that I got to sit and watch someone cook without having to direct, instruct, or help the person cooking (ahem, Matt). And even though Krista made a huge mess (hello, she roasted two chickens, made two batches of scones and made home made biscuit dough for her awesome biscuit surprise) that made the OCD voices in my head go “HOLY SHIT DID SHE JUST DROP FLOUR ON THE FLOOR?” I still enjoyed just watching someone cook live in front of me. Definitely better than Food Network. Even HD Food Network.