Cake Baking Has To Be,

And, In A Funny Way, Each Death Is Different And You Mourn Each Death Differently And Each Death Brings Back The Death You Mourned Earlier And You Get Into A Bit Of A Pile-up.

I Was A Quiet Teenager, Introverted, Full Of Angst.

It's True That I Wouldn't Have Written The First Book Had My Sister And Mother Been Alive. It Was My Way Of Continuing Our Conversation. It's Also This Jewish Thing Of Naming And Remembering People, And I Think There Is A Sense Of Keeping That Side Of Life Going.

I Can Understand Why Those Primitive Desert People Think A Camera Steals Their Soul. It Is Unnatural To See Yourself From The Outside.

Cake Baking Has To Be, However Innocently, One Of The Great Culinary Scams: It Implies Effort, It Implies Domestic Prowess; But Believe Me, It's Easy.