Hot Dish Confidential: That Year My Friends Taught Me to Cook

George Sorensen wants to learn to cook. Not just cook, but to finally learn how to prepare a truly great meal.

George was raised on TV dinners in foil trays, canned string beans reduced to paste in boiling water, Wonder Bread, bologna, and processed cheese sandwiches heated in a toaster oven.

But George wants to change all that, and he has a plan: He recruits a group of amateur culinary experts to meet monthly at his little Minneapolis bungalow to cook, eat, drink, and teach him the ropes. ...