I'm Not A Slave Driver

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.

If You're Good With A Knife, You Don't Need Your Eyes.

Jeff Smith Was The Julia Child Of My Generation. When His Television Show, 'the Frugal Gourmet,' Made Its Debut On Pbs In The 1980s, It Conveyed Such Genuine Enthusiasm For Cooking That I Was Moved For The First Time To Slap Down Cold Cash For A Collection Of Recipes.

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.

Take Ice. Ice Is Fascinating To Me. Ice Is The One Thing In Our World That Went From An Agricultural Product To Being Manufactured.