What I Bring To The Table Is

Well, We Don't Take Money From People And Then Show The Product. It Has To Be A Product That We Like Anyway, And That's True For All Five Of Us, Which Is One Of The Really Nice Things About The Way We Make The Show.

The Funny Thing About Thanksgiving ,or Any Big Meal, Is That You Spend 12 Hours Shopping For It Then Go Home And Cook,chop,braise And Blanch. Then It's Gone In 20 Minutes And Everybody Lies Around Sortof In A Sugar Coma And Then It Takes 4 Hours To Clean It Up.

I Had A Really Good Time With Martha Stewart, Who Also Is Somebody I Really Admire A Lot. I've Learned A Lot From Her And I Think All Of America Has, About Attention To Detail And Using Fresh Ingredients And Making Things Beautiful And Special.

Oh, Did I Tell You I Have A Cookbook? I Have A Cookbook Deal.

I Think What I Do Differently From A Lot Of Tv Chefs Is That I Break Down Barriers And Make Fine Food More Accessible To The Regular Person, Who Might Be Intimidated. I Try Hard, Particularly With Wine, To Make It Not Intimidating. It's Sort Of A Teaching Job.