Passion Is What Adds So Much Value

Breakfast Is The Best Time For Me To Figure Out What My Kids Are Doing. Right After You Wake Them Up At Breakfast, You Pepper Them With Questions. You Can Get In There Because They're Not Protecting What They Thought Was Cool: "what Happened Yesterday?" "oh, Matthew Stole My Book And Ran Away And It Was Really Annoying..." That Wouldn't Happen After Lunch, Because Their Defenses Are Up. In The Morning, If You Lull Them Into A Comfortable Place, You Get More Honesty, And That's Without Being A Detective.

I Like Thick Or Middle (spaghetti). Thin For Me Is Always Overcooked By The Time I'm Eating It.

Food Is "everyday"-it Has To Be, Or We Would Not Survive For Long. But Food Is Never Just Something To Eat. It Is Something To Find Or Hunt Or Cultivate First Of All.

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.

There Are Two Activities In Life In Which We Can Lovingly And Carefully Put Something Inside Of Someone We Love. Cooking Is The One We Can Do Three Times A Day For The Rest Of Our Lives, Without Pills. In Both Activities, Practice Makes Perfect.