Which apparently backfired spectacularly.

My mother taught me a couple of my favorite meals before I moved to an apartment, and after that I just followed instructions in recipes. It’s remarkable how if you just do the things recipes say to do, and not things they don’t, you’ll end up with the dish they show you.

Well I was closer to 6 and 7, but I grew up with Mr. Wizard. He was probably Bill Nye’s inspiration. Unpatronizing, simple, and straightforward science for kids. Man was a national treasure.