I Put Hibiscus Flower In Every Cup

I Just Signed To Do My Next Book With Ecco Press, A New Primer Or Encyclopedia. This Will Be My Take On What Classic Italian Cooking Is.

The Difference Between 'molto Italiano' And 'the Babbo Cookbook' Is That The Ingredient Lists In 'molto' Are About Half Or Even A Third The Size. In 'babbo,' They Are Very Long, They Are Very Real. That's Exactly How We Make Them In The Restaurant.

Breakfast Is The Best Time For Me To Figure Out What My Kids Are Doing. Right After You Wake Them Up At Breakfast, You Pepper Them With Questions. You Can Get In There Because They're Not Protecting What They Thought Was Cool: "what Happened Yesterday?" "oh, Matthew Stole My Book And Ran Away And It Was Really Annoying..." That Wouldn't Happen After Lunch, Because Their Defenses Are Up. In The Morning, If You Lull Them Into A Comfortable Place, You Get More Honesty, And That's Without Being A Detective.

Day-old Bread? Sadly, In America A Lot Of Day-old Bread Just Becomes Nasty. Italian Day-old Bread, Not Having Any Preservatives In It, Just Becomes Harder And It Doesn't Taste Old. What I Would Warn People About Is Getting Bread That's Loaded With Other Things In It, Because It Starts To Taste Old.

As They Say In Italy, Italians Were Eating With A Knife And Fork When The French Were Still Eating Each Other. The Medici Family Had To Bring Their Tuscan Cooks Up There So They Could Make Something Edible.