I Didnt Want To Be Encumbered By

Cooking Is Not About Convenience And It's Not About Shortcuts. Our Hunger For The Twenty-minute Gourmet Meal, For One-pot Ease And Prewashed, Precut Ingredients Has Severed Our Lifeline To The Satisfactions Of Cooking. Take Your Time. Take A Long Time. Move Slowly And Deliberately And With Great Attention.

It Wasn't About Mechanics; It Was About A Feeling, Wanting To Give Someone Something, Which In Turn Was Really Gratifying. That Really Resonated For Me.

I Didnt Want To Be Encumbered By What Anyone Elses Abilities Were, Their Equipment Or Environment Or Their Ability To Get Certain Products.

I Drank More Wine When I Wasn't Working As Much, To Be Honest.

It's Not About Perfection; It's About The Joy Of Striving.