People are so used to eating terrible pancakes, no matter how you mess up, they're going to be great. And if you make fresh orange juice, they'll be over the moon.
I don't have my own garden; we're on shale and in the woods. And if I did have a garden, the deer and chipmunks and squirrels and bears would eat everything anyway.
I meet people, and we can get past small talk pretty quickly if they've read my books. It's a great shortcut.
The truth is, as much as I loved writing restaurant reviews, it always felt very self-indulgent to me. It was so much fun, I loved doing it, but there's so much else to say about food.
I like poached eggs, but I'll make scrambled or fried or whatever anybody wants.
Let's face it: my life tends to revolve around food, and I love feeding people.
