Spending endless hours in the kitchen takes a toll - feet throb, sweat trickles, hair frizzes and sometimes, in the middle of peeling the 30th potato, exhaustion kicks in.

Seeking company and inspiration, I turned on the television. Newscasts were depressing, soap operas distracting and game shows enraging... c'mon dude... Rice-A-Roni is so not $12.99/box. Off went the boob tube.

It was then that I figured out how to keep going. Music. The other taste that stirs the soul. Let me share with you the most uplifting mix of cooking music, tunes guaranteed to shake you, wake you and elate you...