Cooks and bakers like to separate ourselves into camps, largely for ego safeguarding. For instance, when my cake inevitably comes out sunken or my pie crust doesn't flake, I like to say, "Well, I'm more of a cook than a baker, you know. I don't like exact measurements."
Of course, it's rare that I bake at all given my insecurity about it. But I became emboldened while watching Danielle Sepsy compete and reach the finals as the sole baker in a pack of savory chefs on the recent HBO cooking competition series, "The Big Brunch."
