When I'm In A Restaurant, I Don't

I Moved To Chicago In 1980 To Go To College

Cooking Is About Presenting Flavors And Other Aspects Of Food In A Way That Makes Best Use Of Them And Makes An Engaging, Satisfying Meal. Taste Necessarily Comes Into It Along With Technique. Some Ingredients Require Cooking, Cleaning Or Otherwise Denaturing Them, Some Are Fine As They Are.

Buy Groceries And Feed Yourself, Even On The Road

Of The People Who Cook On Television, I Have Admired People Like Jacques Pepin, Julia Child, Mario Batali, Jamie Oliver And A Few Others Because They Are Free Of Drama, Display Good Taste And Masterful Technique, And Use Clear Exposition To Bring You Up To Speed.

A Lot Of Musicians Are Good Cooks, And A Lot Of Cooks Are Musicians, But I Think That May Just Be A Result Of The Creative Impulse Finding Several Means Of Expression. Probably An Equivalent Number Are Visual Artists, Woodworkers Or Compulsive Liars.