Finishing Food Is About The

There's A Battle Between What The Cook Thinks Is High Art And What The Customer Just Wants To Eat.

Twelve-piece Cookware Sets For Ninety-nine Bucks Are Routinely Hawked On Late-night Tv - Often By Friends Of Mine. But With A Mere Five Pieces, You Can Do Whatever You Like - Slay The Dragon And Then Cook Its Tenderloin In The Style Of The Duke Of Wellington, If You Want To.

There Are Two Activities In Life In Which We Can Lovingly And Carefully Put Something Inside Of Someone We Love. Cooking Is The One We Can Do Three Times A Day For The Rest Of Our Lives, Without Pills. In Both Activities, Practice Makes Perfect.

My Family Makes These Vinegars - Out Of Everything From Grapes To Peaches And Cherries. We Go Through The Whole Process With The Giant Vat And Drainer, Label Them, And Give Them As Christmas Presents.

My Kids And I Make Pasta Three Days A Week Now. It's Not Even So Much About The Eating Of It; They Just Like The Process. Benno Is The Stuffer, And Leo Is The Catcher. They've Got Their Jobs Down.