A Home Cook Who Relies Too Much

I Kept Thinking, 'somebody Has To Make A Food Show That Is Actually Educational And Entertaining At The Same Time... A Show That Got Down To The 'why Things Happen.' Plus, I Hated My Job - I Didn't Think It Was Very Worthwhile

I Approach Cooking From A Science Angle Because I Need To Understand How Things Work. If I Understand The Egg, I Can Scramble It Better. It's A Simple As That.

You Know We Fixate On The Food So Much Itself: “oh, The Ultimate Brownie Or The Ultimate This Or That” -- Well, Let Me Tell You Something: It’s All Poop In About 12 Hours, Okay? The Real Power That Food Has Is Its Ability To Connect Human Beings To Each Other -- That’s The Stuff Right There And, To Me, Everything Else Is Secondary To That.

Cranberries Contain A Massive Amount Of Natural Pectins. They Will Gel All On Their Own, Which Is Why You Can Basically Make Cranberry Sauce Out Of Filling.

Flame Is Bad. Flame Does Nasty Things To Food. It Makes Soot And It Makes Deposits Of Various Chemicals That Are Not Too Good For Us. The Last Thing You Really Want To See Licking At Your Food While It's On A Grill Is An Actual Flame.