There's a show on the Food Network (it's actually a BBC show) called "The Naked Chef". The naked part refers to the simplicity of the cooking. The show is really about 40% cooking, and 60% funky music and weird camera angles while the chef walks to various shops. The chef uses an interesting mix of units. For anything that's measured, it's pretty much metric. Things that are approximated are "about an ounce" (of butter), or "four tablespoons" (of water), where the tablespoon is a spoon that might actually be found on a table. As has been said here many times, cooking is more about ratios, ambient conditions, and taste than precise measurement. Still, it's fun to hear "500 grams of sugar" and "200 milliliters of double cream". Mike Jenkins Laurel MD
