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The Funny Thing About Thanksgiving ,or Any Big Meal, Is That You Spend 12 Hours Shopping For It Then Go Home And Cook,chop,braise And Blanch. Then It's Gone In 20 Minutes And Everybody Lies Around Sortof In A Sugar Coma And Then It Takes 4 Hours To Clean It Up.

One Of The Smartest Things You Can Do On 'chopped' Is To Take One Of Those Ingredients And Make A Pickle Out Of It, Because Almost Every Dish Benefits From That. I'm Feeling Like Those Intuitions Are Becoming More Natural.

People Want Honest, Flavourful Food, Not Some Show-off Meal That Takes Days To Prepare.

What I Bring To The Table Is A Huge Enthusiasm And Love For This Stuff.

The Great Mystery To Me Is How Restaurant Critics Think They Can Get Away With Doing Their Job Without Anybody Noticing Who They Are.