If You're Good With A Knife, You

I Became A Cook So I Could Cook And Tell Stories In Wacky Ways.

You Know, [skin] Happens At The Gravy Boat Stage - Right? - Or This Happens When You're Trying To Keep It Warm. So The Way That I Avoid This Is I Keep My Gravy - The Second It's Done, I Put It In A Thermos, Which Will Keep It Hot And Will Prevent Air From Getting To The Surface. And I Keep It There Till The Last Moment. The Last Thing That Goes Out To The Table Is The Gravy, And I Pour It Out Of The Thermos And Immediately Move It In.

I Kept Thinking, 'somebody Has To Make A Food Show That Is Actually Educational And Entertaining At The Same Time... A Show That Got Down To The 'why Things Happen.' Plus, I Hated My Job - I Didn't Think It Was Very Worthwhile

Culinary Tradition Is Not Always Based On Fact. Sometimes It's Based On History, On Habits That Come Out Of A Time When Kitchens Were Fueled By Charcoal.

My College Degree Was In Theater. But The Real Reason, If I Have Any Success In That Milieu, So To Speak, Is Because I Spent A Lot Of Years Directing, I Spent A Lot Of Years Behind The Camera