I have never been much of a cook, and to be honest, I used to skim over the cooking features we did with actors. It was like reading the review of a book on, say, accounting.

The Daytime Emmys tend to be a mixed bag of conflicting material: Juxtaposing kiddie programs with lurid talk fests, game shows and soaps is more mismatched than apples and oranges, but THE 35th ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS turned out to be much more coherent this year, and I believe that is because the children's content was mostly relegated to a taped wrap-up, avoiding mixing Elmo with EJ. Still, "coherent" does not equal "entertaining," and the show was the usual painful mishmash of clips, strained presenter "banter" and winners complaining about not having enough time to thank their fourth cousins and the guy who mowed their parents' lawn when they were kids. In other words, it was an awards show, and no one watches an awards show to be entertained; they want to know who won.

On with the show... the intro, which showed hosts Cameron Mathison and Sherri Shepherd running back and forth through each other's studios, was adorable. (THE VIEW and ALL MY CHILDREN studios are in the same building.) There were many cute little inside jokes: Joy Behar giving advice to Dr. Phil. The cast of AMC not knowing who Cameron was because they were in character. Barbara Walters' book everywhere.

Well, today's the big day! Any one else counting down to the red carpet? Watching the Emmys in New York isn't quite like being right there in the swanky Kodak Theatre in L.A. with all the stars, but I'm still looking forward to tonight's festivities — and the fashion, of course.