My Extravagance Is My Garden

I Use Other Cookbooks For Inspiration. I Must Say I Tend To Cook From My Own Cookbooks For Parties.

I Always Have Music. I Love It To Be Very Upbeat. When You're Having Drinks, I Like Something Like Cesaria Evora. During Dinner, I Like The Much More Traditional - Old Frank Sinatra And Things Like That.

When I First Started Writing Cookbooks, I Remember Thinking To Myself, What Makes Me Think I Can Write A Cookbook? There Are These Great Chefs Who Are Really Trained. And, As I Started, I Realized, Actually, What Is My Lack Is Actually Exactly Right, Because I Can Connect With - Cooking's Hard For Me. I Never Worked On... And That's Why My Recipes Are Really Simple, Because I Want To Be Able To Do Them.

I Time Everything. I'm A Scientist At Heart.

I Absolutely Adore Thanksgiving. It's The Only Holiday I Insist On Making Myself.