I Never Spoke About Politics,

I Feel Like Being On Broadway Will Convince My Mother That My Theater Degree Was Worth It.

You Know We Fixate On The Food So Much Itself: “oh, The Ultimate Brownie Or The Ultimate This Or That” -- Well, Let Me Tell You Something: It’s All Poop In About 12 Hours, Okay? The Real Power That Food Has Is Its Ability To Connect Human Beings To Each Other -- That’s The Stuff Right There And, To Me, Everything Else Is Secondary To That.

You Need To Either Create A Slurry In A Cold Liquid, Which Also Works With Cornstarch, Or You've Got To Do Your Gravy In A Very Wide Pan And Kind Of Scatter The Flour Over The Top And Then Very Quickly Whisk It In.

What Happens Is That In Each Clump You've Got The Gelatinization Of Starches, Which Happens Very Quickly At The Surface Of The Clump And It Kind Of Forms A Protective Skin Around This Dry Hunk Of Flour.

I Love Poking Fun At Myself. I Have A Rather Mean Sense Of Humor.