I Never Spoke About Politics,

That's The Ultimate Goal Of Most Turkey Recipes: To Create A Great Skin And Stuffing To Hide The Fact That Turkey Meat, In Its Cooked State, Is Dry And Flavorless. Does It Have To Be That Way? No. We Just Have To Focus On What The Turkey Is And What The Turkey Needs.

Basting Is Evil. Basting Does Nothing For The Meat. Why? Skin. Skin Is Designed To Keep Stuff Out Of The Bird, So Basting Just Lets Heat Out Of The Oven. That Means The Turkey Will Take Longer To Cook... So Don't Touch That Door!

I'm Not A Slave Driver Or A Yeller. I Was Yelled At In Kitchens And Other Workplaces.

'outlaw Cook' Was A Revelation. Folks Like Jeff Smith And Marcella Hazan Got Me Interested In Cooking, But John Thorne Pushed Me Into The Path That I Follow To This Day. This Is The Only Cookbook I've Ever Read That Understands How Men Really Eat: Over The Sink, In The Dark, Greasy To The Elbows.

You Know Most Of The Food That Americans Hold So Dear - Things Like Hamburgers And Hot Dogs - Were Road Food, But Even Before They Were Road Food, They Were Peasant Food.