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The Tradition Of Italian Cooking Is That Of The Matriarch. This Is The Cooking Of Grandma. She Didn't Waste Time Thinking Too Much About The Celery. She Got The Best Celery She Could And Then She Dealt With It.

If You Could Learn How To Make A Perfect Lemon Tart Then You Got A Story. If You Don't Feel Like That, Make A Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie, But Have Five Go-to Dishes Like That And You Can Move Them Around, Change Them Up Just A Little Bit, And Always Have Something In The Can.

One Of The Most Important Leadership Lessons Is Realizing You're Not The Most Important Or The Most Intelligent Person In The Room At All Times.

The Objective.. Is To Achieve A Comfort Level Between The Cook/artist/performer And The Customer/viewer/diner. And If We Can Achieve That, And The Customers Are Happy And The Cooks Are Happy, Then We Have A Great Experience.

Food Is "everyday"-it Has To Be, Or We Would Not Survive For Long. But Food Is Never Just Something To Eat. It Is Something To Find Or Hunt Or Cultivate First Of All.