Begun Bhaja

I can't deal with anything spicy I'm afaird. To the point that when we go to Taco Bell, I get my burritos with no sauce because even their "mild" sauce is too spicy for me. I've had servers assure me that a dish was "not spicy at all, no, not even a tiny bit!" and then had my tongue singed off. :P It's not a matter of being stubborn or unadventurous or whatever; it's a matter of not enjoying that kind of intense pain. [wry smile]I don't care for most food shows myself. The recipe-of-the-week shows are boring no matter who's starring. If I just want a recipe, I have cookbooks and there's the whole internet. My favorite food guy is Alton Brown. Good Eats gives some recipes, sure, but the emphasis is on technique, history, food science -- the really cool part of food and cooking. :) Any cooking show that has a nutritional anthropologist as a regular guest is good in my book.Angie, who no longer takes any server's word that a dish isn't "at all" spicy :P