We usually Tag Team cook. Sometimes he'll do it all, he really likes to cook (it has something with him being a control freak, he likes to do things his way) and sometimes it's all me. But, I'd say most of the time, it's shared.
When I'm cooking alone, he comes in and asks me questions why I'm not doing it his way. *sigh* I'm not one to sit in the kitchen, while long cooking things are in the oven or on the stove. I'll go and do other things, and take a timer with me. He says I "abandoned" the food. Food doesn't cook faster if you sit on the chair in the kitchen and open the oven every few minutes and look at it, or stir stuff so much it falls apart. He drives me crazy the way he cooks, he's too involved. Sometimes purity and simplicity is best. I tend to do all my preparation, put the stuff in the oven and leave it be. I don't constantly add new ingredients. I like the flavors to shine through, simple and elegant. He keeps adding things until the flavors are muddy. We have different styles. We usually bicker when we cook together. He also makes unbelievable messes. How can one fling herbs ALL OVER the kitchen, just chopping enough to flavor a single dish? I find stuff all over the next day.
It's better than him not cooking at all, though. But, he cooks with mushrooms and bell peppers a lot, which he loves and I hate. So, I try to add olives to what ever will work. It's one of the few things he'll actually pick out of his food. I'm not mean enough to use liver sausage or liver pate, that would be mean. He actually gags at the smell of any type of liver.
