Planning A Dinner Party In A Way

I Think That Curiosity Happened On These Reviews Where I Was Just A Guest Of The Reviewer, Because It Introduced Me To New Cuisines And To The Idea Of Cooking As A Mechanism For Studying Other Cultures And Understanding Other Parts Of The World.

Believe Me, I Understand The Need For Easy And Speedy. After A 12-hour Day Of Shooting 'chopped,' Say, I'm Talking Stir-fry, Spaghetti, Heck, Peanut-butter Sandwiches. But That's Not About The Joy Of Food. That's Survival.

It's Very Important To Me That People Who Are Actual Chefs And Other Professionals In The Culinary World, Understand That I'm Not, And Have Never Held Myself Out As Being, Like A Cia Trained Chef.

People Who Hardly Ever Cook At All, Suddenly At The Holidays, Feel Like It's Their Responsibility To Not Only Cook Dinner For Large Groups Of People Suddenly, But To Serve Things That Are Fussy Or Fancy Or Formal. And I Don't Think That's What Anybody Really Wants, Especially If You're Not Good At It.

I Am Much More Interested In The Process Than Results.