1.   Father was a great cook and seemed to use every pot in San Francisco.

2.   And I am a great cook.

3.   Admitting she is not a great cook, Peel began delegating that chore to her husband, who now cooks half the time.

4.   But did you know that Poe was a great cook?

5.   But hosting a good party involves much more than being a great cook.

6.   Deep frying is entirely dependent on the right temp, and the great cooks can do it without a thermometer.

7.   For a great many home cooks in these regions, cooking over a fire is neither a weekend ritual nor a highly defined professional technique.

8.   For that reason, and because they are control freaks, chefs, many other great cooks and your Food Goddess will use only unsalted butter.

9.   Fry, who worked at Euro Brokers, was a great cook, his wife says.

10.   Great cooks usually start at the bottom, and they start very young, learning classic kitchen techniques honed over centuries.