Gluttony Is Wrong. It's Wasteful.

Jeff Smith Was The Julia Child Of My Generation. When His Television Show, 'the Frugal Gourmet,' Made Its Debut On Pbs In The 1980s, It Conveyed Such Genuine Enthusiasm For Cooking That I Was Moved For The First Time To Slap Down Cold Cash For A Collection Of Recipes.

I Like Television. I Still Believe That Television Is The Most Powerful Form Of Communication On Earth - I Just Hate What Is Being Done With It.

A Home Cook Who Relies Too Much On A Recipe Is Sort Of Like A Pilot Who Reads The Plane's Instruction Manual While Flying.

I Would Have Bacteria And, Yeah, It Would Grow In What We Call The Danger Zone, Which Is Typically Between 40 And 140. But If I'm Getting Something Out Of My Refrigerator Where It's Been Basically Pretty Clean And I'm Putting It On My Counter, What Exactly Is Going To Happen In That Amount Of Time That Going Into A Hot Oven Isn't Going To Kill? Nothing.

I Think A Lot Of Food Shows, Especially When We Started 'good Eats' Back In The Late '90s, They Were Still Really About Food. 'good Eats' Isn't About Food, It's About Entertainment. If, However, We Can Virally Infect You With Knowledge Or Interest, Then All The Better.