I Love Poking Fun At Myself. I

I Feel A Strong Wakeup Call And Need To Build Social Connections.

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.

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.

Unless Your Kid Is Pele Jr., They're Not Going To Be Able To Feed Themselves From Soccer. If Your Kid Knows How To Play Soccer, But Not Make Dinner, You Have Done Them A Disservice.

I Have Nothing But Sympathy For The People Who Are Forced To Work With Me. I'm Better Now At Picking Out Those That Want To Play That Game With Me, And Those That Don't.