I'm Just Sitting Around Thinking About Turkey.

You Know Most Of The Food That Americans Hold So Dear - Things Like Hamburgers And Hot Dogs - Were Road Food, But Even Before They Were Road Food, They Were Peasant Food.

Well, You Know, When You Go Into A Restaurant, One Of The Scariest Things Is The Wine List, So Whenever I'm Really Feeling Intimidated, I'll Just Pick A Wine Type, Like A Chianti Or Brunello Or A Burgundy, And I'll Pick A Year That's Missing And Ask For That One.

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.

My Mantra Was To Educate People - To Actually Give Them The Know-how They Could Use - And To Do It In A Very Subversive Kind Of Way. I Would Entertain Them, And I Was Going To Teach Them Whether They Knew It Or Not.

I'm Just Sitting Around Thinking About Turkey.