I Measure In My Palm And Use

I Used To Work In Kitchens, Doing 12 Or More Hours A Day Of Physical Labor, So Today, Eight To 12 Hours Of Cooking, Chatting Or Filming Feels Like A Vacation. When I Have A Scheduled 'day Off,' I Spend Several Hours Writing, Then I Clean Until I Crash From Fatigue. I Don't Relax Well.

I Have Learned How To Breathe, To Use My Cords Differently. I Had Been Tilting My Head In A Way When I Talked That Wasn't Good For My Throat. I've Been Working On All Of That, And It Seems To Be Helping.

I Felt I'd Earned The Good Housekeeping Seal When I Designed An Oval-shaped Spaghetti Pot, Because Spaghetti Is Long.

Never Be A Food Snob. Learn From Everyone You Meet - The Fish Guy At Your Market, The Lady At The Local Diner, Farmers, Cheese Makers. Ask Questions, Try Everything And Eat Up!

I Do 280 Episodes Of Tv A Year, Write 15 Recipes For The Magazine, And Publish An Annual Book. With All Of That, We Try To Get One Weekend A Month With Isaboo At Our Home In The Adirondacks To Relax And Recharge.