I interviewed him a few times, met him once. Saw his touring show with Ripert. He never gave me a pat answer. He listened and responded in the moment. I got a sense he gave to me what he appreciated in others that he would interview. I also got a sense he was a deeply shy man who used many techniques to mask that…

Come see me when Funyuns Sorbet hits the market.

When I was a food editor, my food writer used a lede that said, “One pot meals require the fewest number of pots.”

It should be “Hello, America.”

In the Year of Our Lord, 1989, there was a snack product on the shelf called, and I quote, Classic Ranch Fritos. They paired excellently with the Coors Light Party Ball.

Moderately related:

Speaking only for myself, pork is the language of love.

Picked up a Cuisinart model at a garage sale. Has yet to fail me. So much fun that I bought a second freezer bowl.

Now that you mention it, pretty much everything you microwave comes out with the consistency of chilaquiles.

Pulitzer.

I’ve seen a million chicken sandwiches, and I’ve rocked them all.

I interviewed Dorcas Reilly, inventor of the green bean casserole for the Campbell’s soup company, about 15 years ago. She was lovely and soft-spoken and humble about her legacy to American home cooking.

One day, I’m going to make a gaggle of great mini-Reubens with those addictive little brown toasts. (That’s what they’re called, btw. They’re little pumpernickel crisps.) Little corned beef, teeny Swiss cheese, tiny sauerkraut.

Gotta admit, I’ve been wondering for the better part of a decade what a Zaxby’s is. The other day I see a sign for the chicken sandwich and a car line around the building for the first time at one outside of Tampa. Oh, chicken. Okay. Good luck with that. 

AHM GOIN’ INTO THE PAN!

Some gave all.

As I frequently say to people who criticize grocery store cakes like they’re breaking down a Master’s thesis — especially those who do so while celebrating birthdays of co-workers:

Oh, I was totally referring to pre-COVID, pre-Instacart practices.

Politely disagree with the bagging organization. Dad was right.

Broken record, but again I sing the praises of the air fryer. (Yes, the underused full-size convection oven does the same task with larger batches, but it takes longer than the countertop model.)