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I love food and am very good at improvising when preparing it - it's a really creative experience for me.

People have all this interest in food. But for most people, it's a mystery how to prepare food. I wanted the knowledge cooks know: the in-your-fingers knowledge you get by doing it over and over.

Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.

Writing about food is my default.

Studies have found that preparing your own food is usually healthier and less expensive than buying fast food. But most people just don't have the time.

Even though I'm big on recipes, I love to make up my own dishes and when you take a risk in the kitchen, you learn a lot about food!

The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing something useful - you're feeding people, you're nurturing them, you're providing sustenance - it was never pure.

Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people get together to eat.

I think perhaps we all cook to feed some kind of hunger in ourselves. I am nourished by being surrounded by family and friends, by creating something delicious for them, by nurturing them.

Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to.