Ever had a restaurant dish land on your table looking like it barely survived the trip from the kitchen? Some meals arrive with toppings in the wrong place, sauces splashed like abstract art, or ...

Lots of people say that they can’t cook. But what does that really mean? Surely, they can read a recipe and follow directions! Perhaps they just don’t enjoy cooking, and they’d rather order takeout.

Everyone has those moments in the kitchen when ambition outpaces ability or when common sense takes a brief vacation. In a thread in r/Cooking, foodies gather to swap war stories about their biggest ...