I Don't Think Any Day Is Worth

What I Love About Cooking Is That After A Hard Day, There Is Something Comforting About The Fact That If You Melt Butter And Add Flour And Then Hot Stock, It Will Get Thick! It's A Sure Thing! It's A Sure Thing In A World Where Nothing Is Sure; It Has A Mathematical Certainty In A World Where Those Of Us Who Long For Some Kind Of Certainty Are Forced To Settle For Crossword Puzzles.

... When I Finish Reading People, I Always Feel That I Have Just Spent Four Days In Los Angeles. Women's Wear Daily At Least Makes Me Feel Dirty; People Makes Me Feel That I Haven't Read Or Learned Or Seen Anything At All.

People In New Orleans Really Care About Food, Care About It Passionately, Can Spend Hours Arguing Over Whether Antoine's Is Better Than Galatoire's Or The Other Way Around ... In New Orleans, There Is Basically Nothing To Do But Eat And Then Argue About It.

You Can Blame Al Gore And You Can Blame Ralph Nader And You Can Blame George Bush, But I Blame Bill [clinton]. I Just Do. I Just Think He Squandered His Presidency The Night That Woman Delivered That Pizza To Him, And If He Hadn't, We Wouldn't Be Where We Are And There Would Be A Lot Of People Who Are Alive Today Who Aren't.

The Function Of A Blog Is On Some Level To Start A Conversation That You're Not Involved In Any More Because You've Already Had Your Say. That Thing Of Coming Right Off The News - Did You See What I Saw This Morning, Can You Believe It? - Has A Kind Of Fun Appeal.