Believe Me, A Grain Is A Terrible

I Kept Thinking, 'somebody Has To Make A Food Show That Is Actually Educational And Entertaining At The Same Time... A Show That Got Down To The 'why Things Happen.' Plus, I Hated My Job - I Didn't Think It Was Very Worthwhile

I'm Just Sitting Around Thinking About Turkey.

No Matter How Much Creativity Goes Into It, Cooking Is An Art. Or Perhaps I Should Say A Craft. It Abides By Absolute Rules, Physics, Chemistry, Etc. And That Means That Unless You Understand The Science You Cannot Reach The Art. We're Not Talking About Painting Here. Cooking's More Like Engineering. I Happen To Think That There Is Great Beauty In Great Engineering.

I Only Really Fake It Anymore With Sommeliers Who Are Being Really Snotty To Me And I Don't Want To Take Their Grief And So I Try To Do Something To Kind Of Throw Them Off Or Put Them On The Defensive, Even If I Don't Know What I'm Talking About

What Tends To Happen Is That People Will Go - They've Got Hot Broth, You Know, They've Added Some Liquid To Their Drippings, They've Brought That Up To Heat. And Then They Try To Add In A Big Clump Of Just Kind Of A Handful Of Flour, And Of Course, It Turns Into Library Paste.