Anyone Who Tries To Make

I Learned That The Hardest Party To Pull Off Successfully Is Saturday Night Dinner. This Meal Is Expected To Be Elaborate: Appetizers, First Course, Dinner, Dessert, And Coffee. People Arrive At 7:30 Or 8 P.m. And Stay For Hours - Definitely Past My Bedtime - And They All Go Home Exhausted.

Instead Of Going Out To Dinner, Buy Good Food. Cooking At Home Shows Such Affection. In A Bad Economy, It's More Important To Make Yourself Feel Good.

The Dirty Little Secret Is That I Grew Up In A Household Where There Were No Carbohydrates Allowed, Ever. No Cookies, No Bread, No Potatoes, No Rice. My Mother Was Very Extreme In Terms Of What She Served. Since I Left Home More Than 40 Years Ago, I've Been Making It Right For Myself.

The Thing About All My Food Is That Everything Is A Remembered Flavor. Maybe It's Something I Had As A Child Or Maybe It's Something I Had In Milan, But I Want It To Taste Better Than You Ever Thought.

The Most Overrated Tool: A Pasta Maker. Why Make It When You Can Buy It? It's A Lot Of Work!