We all know that we learn best from our mistakes. No reason you can’t learn something from other people’s mistakes, too. On “Worst Cooks in America,” the Food Network’s new show featuring a few skill-challenged recruits, you are invited to do just that. The self-proclaimed klutzes are there to get better at making crêpes and pasta – yes, from scratch – and to potentially win the Most Improved Player grand prize. How often do you make fresh pasta or crêpes or win a cool $25,000? All right then. The jury is still out, but it may be that this kind of anti-aspirational convention teaches us more than the scores of flawlessly executed ones we’ve been watching for years. And if you don’t know the first thing about using your stove, it may make you feel like giving it a go.

Like Rosalind Russell said, “Flops are a part of life’s menu and I’ve never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.”

Don't cry over scorched milk!

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