Reading is one of the best things you can do, as long as it’s got nothing to do with awakening any giants or the false claim of unlimited power (nudge nudge, wink wink).

I used the term “how to” in my book, “Success Sucks! How to Flambée Motivational Gurus and Cook Your Life Your Way” because my website dude told me “how to” is one of the most searched phrases on the internet. In no way do I pretend to tell you what to do, rather suggest some creative ideas to get you out of the garage and into the kitchen.

So, the books and articles I review and recommend herein are, in my view, uplifting, inspiring, and don’t ask you for money. If you read my book on this website, you’ll get what bottom line gets me cooking and keeps me evolving (ahem, like we have a choice, right, Mr. Darwin?). There are also a handful of websites that I read regularly because the articles are top-notch (even though some individual articles are a bit too academic for most people) and make sense to those of us trying to negotiate our kitchen layouts; do the paring knives go in the same drawer as the cutlery?

A caveat (there’s always something…) for this section of the website: I put forward only agnostic views. In other words, I neither credit mor blame any form of organized religion. This means that if a book or article or external website I recommend herein starts by, or evolves to, giving god (by whatever name, capital G or not)) any validity in the struggles and joys of what is inherently human life, it either loses me, because statistically at least half my readers do not follow any monotheistic belief system, or disqualifies itself by setting a tone of neutrality and then tossing religion into the pot to try to force a directional leaning. These days, too many of those would have the Tower of Pisa lying on its right side. Not going there. Rather than completely avoid reviewing books that have some worthwhile content, I will warn you, dear reader, when an otherwise appropriate book drags into it a religious slant. This website is Switzerland. Now, go get your holy cheese…