Look At Cookbooks With Your Kids And

As Far Away As You Can Get From The Process Of Mechanisms And Machinery, The More Likely Your Food's Going To Taste Good. And That - That Is Probably The Largest Thing I Can Hand To Anybody Is Let Your Hands Touch It. Let Them Make It.

Cookbooks Have All Become Baroque And Very Predictable. I'm Looking For Something Different. A Lot Of Chefs' Cookbooks Are Food As It's Done In The Restaurants, But They Are Dumbed Down, And I Hate It When They Dumb Them Down.

I Like Cast Iron Coated With Enamel For Longevity And Forgiveness If I Happen To Take My Eyes Off The Prize While Pouring Chianti.

I Was At A Party, And Some Squiggly Looking Dude With A Bow Tie Came Up And Said, 'how'd You Like To Be On Tv?' Turns Out He Was The Programming Guy At The Food Network. They Had Me Come Into The Office, And I Did A 'ready, Set, Cook' With Emeril Lagasse, I Believe.

Food Is Much Better Off The Hand Than The Fork.