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The Night That Craig Cooked Dinner
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I was almost to scared to read this. Scared it would end in murder, or at least someone getting stabbed with a cheese knife.
Oooh, Padma and Richard, eh? 😉 Great job, Craig!
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This was great! I love the comic books!!! I really need to teach my 14 and 16 year old daughters to cook… now I am inspired! This salad sounds wonderful!!
Hilarious. Good job, Craig!
Loved it! Well done!
Love this. Very cute and nice recipe!
Ok I LOVE this. Hilarious, adorable, and that meal looks delicious!
Love the comic format. Great job, and congratulations. I’m still waiting for that dinner not cooked by me. If I get even one before I die, I’ll die a happy camper!
You just make me laugh….
haha, great post Adam. Love, T.
Yeah!!! Go Craig!
Love! Adorable!! The comments are hysterical and Craig looks so damned proud! I think he secretly wants to make you dinner sometimes too ;)Ttrockwood
Craig is one of my favorite characters on the ‘net. Here is a “Dear Abby” question for you. I really got into cooking when I got married and bought a house, and now my husband only helps out at the holidays. He’s a great cook! How do I get him back into the kitchen?
What do you use (software, app?) when you make these comic strips? Besides your natural brilliance, that is :-)Love the recipe, got it earlier!
Good for Craig! I hope he doesn’t take too much of a liking to it as you may be like me – I’d rather cook for 25 then clean up after two!!
Lol! Loved the cartoon style post!
HAAA! This is so perfect. I love to cook, it’s my way of decompressing and relieving stress, so I do 99% of it. But I told my husband last week that now that he’s working from home, it would be nice to get off the bus, walk through the door, pour a glass of wine, and have him take care of the occasional meal. So I’m making it as easy as possible. I bought spicy Italian sausage, pre-sliced mushrooms, and polenta for a sausage and mushroom ragu over the polenta. The man can cook, he does fried chicken, fish and chips, and smoked brisket, so the fact that he’s terrified is adorable.
The glass of wine is KEY! Always the first thing I do when cooking dinner!
You just make me laugh….
You just make me laugh….
You just make me laugh….
I made this for Tom last night! I also did the dishes. That’s ok because he walked the dogs.
Ok I LOVE this. Hilarious, adorable, and that meal looks delicious!
Haha. Great job 😉
I love reading this! The glass of wine is key. And I bet it also tasted better because someone else cooked it for you! 🙂
I totally agree. My first thought was – food always tastes better, when somebody else has cooked it for you with love!
Ok I LOVE this. Hilarious, adorable, and that meal looks delicious!
My other half has cooked once in 10 years. I was showing him this post and he told me I can learn to fix a car if he has to learn to cook. We will see about that 🙂
I love these cartoons. They’re so witty and funny!
This is fabulous! So adorable!
I love the last picture, he looks so proud I just want to smoosh his cute face.
Such an awesome comic you put together. I can’t wait to cook that recipe for my wife next week! It looks delicious!