Yet another holiday weekend! You know what that means... Cooking and hurricanes! Not really, but probably this particular weekend.

I just discovered that FoodTV has a whole page of video tutorials on kitchen skills like folding omelettes, making sushi, using a knife, preparing meat and more. How helpful! Each skill has an accompanying printable instruction sheet.

A Beach Blanket Clambake sounds fun (although probably more reasonable in Quinzeeeee, MA, where this episode was filmed). Those kinds of things always sound fun, if not completely messy. Plus I have to take in consideration the cleanliness of Jax Beach's sand.... errr, nevermind.

Or peruse the schedule for FoodTV on Saturday to get ideas on what else to cook--they're doing an all day marathon of Labor Day cookout food. If all else fails, you can always make Bobby Flay's Grilled Sea Scallops with Angel Hair Cooked in Squid Ink and Roasted Tomato-Saffron Vinaigrette. Haha! What a nut!

For us, it would be a great weekend to head to Orlando, or view the new Butterfly Solarium at the Natural History Museum, but guess who is visiting? That's right, it's Hurricane Frances! I'll tell you what, this weather foolishness needs to stop. Every good weekend is rife with storms of various kinds.

You must check out the Weather Channel's photo gallery though. Some fantastic pictures, including a sunset off the Keys.

Finally, in yet another triumph, I got the top quote on the Business Section yesterday in the Times-Union. Wahoo!