A Pie Dough Comes Together Exactly Like

Jeff Smith Was The Julia Child Of My Generation. When His Television Show, 'the Frugal Gourmet,' Made Its Debut On Pbs In The 1980s, It Conveyed Such Genuine Enthusiasm For Cooking That I Was Moved For The First Time To Slap Down Cold Cash For A Collection Of Recipes.

I Would Have Bacteria And, Yeah, It Would Grow In What We Call The Danger Zone, Which Is Typically Between 40 And 140. But If I'm Getting Something Out Of My Refrigerator Where It's Been Basically Pretty Clean And I'm Putting It On My Counter, What Exactly Is Going To Happen In That Amount Of Time That Going Into A Hot Oven Isn't Going To Kill? Nothing.

Very Good Cooks Who Are Employed As 'chefs' Rarely Refer To Themselves As 'chefs.' They Refer To Themselves As 'cooks.'

Seriously. I'm Not Very Bright, And It Takes A Lot For Me To Get A Concept - To Really Get A Concept. To Get It Enough That It Becomes Part Of Me. But When It Happens I Get Real Excited About It

I Had Kicked Around The Idea For Good Eats When I Was Directing Commercials.