Gluttony Is Wrong. It's Wasteful.

You Need To Either Create A Slurry In A Cold Liquid, Which Also Works With Cornstarch, Or You've Got To Do Your Gravy In A Very Wide Pan And Kind Of Scatter The Flour Over The Top And Then Very Quickly Whisk It In.

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.

Wine Is Like Women. It Tempts You; It Comforts You; It Confuses You And Can Even Turn On You When You Least Expect It. It Can Be Your Friend One Day And Your Enemy The Next.

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'm Not A Slave Driver Or A Yeller. I Was Yelled At In Kitchens And Other Workplaces.