And Jim is not the best cook ever, but he is a bachelor, so he's had to learn to cook for himself at least edibly. The result in a caramelised salmon over lettuce that is basically not burned, and he is clearly delighted by this fact. He talks comfortably while he's cooking, giving her his sometimes too honest feelings about school and his fellow teachers and his annoyance at end of the year attendance rates (they drop like rocks). He's sarcastic but breezy, which works.