The Family Meal

so its not that i havent been cooking.  we have been cooking from Ferran Adria's The family meal.  Ferran Adria is the chef at El Bulli.   It features nearly 100  recipes that supposedly anyone can prepare, inspired by the dishes eaten every day by the staff at his restaurant.  The book is organized into three-course menus, with appetizers, mains and desserts, so you can prepare a well-balanced meal at home without fuss. Each recipe is shown with numerous step-by-step full-color photographs, and conversions on how you can prepare a meal for a small or large group - for 2, 6, 20 or 75 people.  We have been mainly making it for 4 to 6 people. 

Among the recipes we have tried:  Fried egg w/asparagus, chicken wings w/ mushrooms, Bread & garlic soup, Mexican-style slow-cooked pork, and caramelized pears. all except the bread and garlic soup were delicious.  the soup was just. ... different ...  there are some recipes that involve seafood or a siphon that we wont get to try.  but so far, pretty simple