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My First Book Is Really About Heat. That Book, For Me, Was An Exploration Of Heat As Ingredient. Why We Don't Talk About Heat As An Ingredient, I Don't Quite Understand, Because It Is The Common Ingredient To All Cooking Processes.

I Know People That Could Serve Me Canned Tuna And Saltine Crackers And Have Me Feel More At Home At Their Table Than Some People Who Can Cook Circles Around Me. The More You Try To Impress People, Generally The Less You Do.

Flame Is Bad. Flame Does Nasty Things To Food. It Makes Soot And It Makes Deposits Of Various Chemicals That Are Not Too Good For Us. The Last Thing You Really Want To See Licking At Your Food While It's On A Grill Is An Actual Flame.

My College Degree Was In Theater. But The Real Reason, If I Have Any Success In That Milieu, So To Speak, Is Because I Spent A Lot Of Years Directing, I Spent A Lot Of Years Behind The Camera

My Advice: Write Down Everything You Eat. It's Amazing What That "self Honesty" Can Do For You. (do You Really Want To Have To Confess That Doughnut? I Thought Not.)