Thanks everyone. I did purchase a couple of your cookbook suggestions. I got an unexpected, fat, tax refund check the other day, so I've been Christmas shopping. I love feeling rich!
I also bought myself a couple of new, All-Clad pans. Most of my current cookware is from the early 70s and there are tiny holes starting to develop in the bottoms of some of the sauce pans. I kept waiting for the DH to "surprise" me with new cookware for my Bday, or under the tree, but no such luck. "Husband buying me cookware"...what a romantic notion I had...LOL.