Dear Cooking Friends; Since I changed my weekly cooking thread to a monthly one, I've received several private emails from folks who are disappointed at this change. It's very gratifying to me that the thread has been so popular and that so many have enjoyed engaging it. As I mentioned in March, my life is going to be rather consumed with a couple of unusual projects over the coming Summer. I have felt that my free time wouldn't be predictable enough to give the thread the care that I tried to give it over the past several years. However, if...