Evoo Is Extra-virgin Olive Oil. I First

I Cook And I Chat. That's What I Do. I Love To Write Recipes, But Basically, If You Had To Put It In A Nutshell, I Cook And I Chat.

I Used To Work In Kitchens, Doing 12 Or More Hours A Day Of Physical Labor, So Today, Eight To 12 Hours Of Cooking, Chatting Or Filming Feels Like A Vacation. When I Have A Scheduled 'day Off,' I Spend Several Hours Writing, Then I Clean Until I Crash From Fatigue. I Don't Relax Well.

I Was Always A Person On My Mother's Hip In The Kitchen. My Mom Really Wanted Her Kids At Her Side As Much As Possible, And She Worked In Restaurants For Over Fifty Years. And My Grandfather Had Ten Children, And He Grew And Prepared Most Of The Food. My Grandmother, On My Mother's Side, Was The Family Seamstress And The Baker. So My Mom, The Eldest Child, Was Always In The Kitchen With My Grandpa And I Was Always In The Production And Restaurant Kitchens And Our Own Kitchen With My Mom. And It's Just Something That Has Always Spoken To Me.

My Mom Said The Two Most Important Kitchen Utensils Are Attached To Your Arms... You Cannot Mix Up Meatballs With A Wooden Spoon, Get In There, Get Your Fingers Dirty!

I Write In Freehand Equivalents Because Measuring, To Me, Takes Away From The Creative Process Of Cooking. Two Turns Of The Pan With Evoo Is About Two Tablespoons.