This Fat Friday we have decided to shed a few pounds and cook at home. Normally, cooking at home implies hours of preparation and patience in order to create a meal that would hopefully rival your favorite restaurant. Unfortunately, not all of us are executive chefs at 5 star restaurants and need a little guidance along the way. Being one of those not so amazing chefs, I looked for a way to become a better cook without taking a class or harming myself with recipes I tried to follow. In an attempt to better my culinary abilities, I came across the DNA foodcast and have been cooking along with Dave and Alexander since episode 2.

The DNA foodcast is a podcast by two journalist who take listener or family recipes and attempt to cook them without causing themselves bodily harm. The podcast takes cooking to a fun and stress free place where you don’t have to feel bad when the recipe goes wrong or if you make a mistake because the hosts of the show likely made that exact same mistake. So stop feeling bad about not being able to cook, open a bottle of wine, turn on the podcast, and cook along. Who knows, you may just become a 5 star chef one day!