In Recent Years, I've Been Writing Because

It's Okay If You Finish Cooking Something Easy After Your Guests Arrive - Some Dishes Must Be Prepared A La Minute, As Chefs Say. Just Remember To Keep Talking.

People Who Hardly Ever Cook At All, Suddenly At The Holidays, Feel Like It's Their Responsibility To Not Only Cook Dinner For Large Groups Of People Suddenly, But To Serve Things That Are Fussy Or Fancy Or Formal. And I Don't Think That's What Anybody Really Wants, Especially If You're Not Good At It.

It's Very Important To Me That People Who Are Actual Chefs And Other Professionals In The Culinary World, Understand That I'm Not, And Have Never Held Myself Out As Being, Like A Cia Trained Chef.

The Best Way To Learn Is Live, In Person, Cooking, Feeling, Smelling And Tasting, But Tv Is The Second-best Thing To That; It's A Halfway Facsimile.

I Think That Curiosity Happened On These Reviews Where I Was Just A Guest Of The Reviewer, Because It Introduced Me To New Cuisines And To The Idea Of Cooking As A Mechanism For Studying Other Cultures And Understanding Other Parts Of The World.