I Would Happily Die With

My Father Was In Charge Of Managing The Farm.

Fake Food -- I Mean Those Patented Substances Chemically Flavored And Mechanically Bulked Out To Kill The Appetite And Deceive The Gut -- Is Unnatural, Almost Immoral, A Bane To Good Eating And Good Cooking.

Cassoulet, That Best Of Bean Feasts, Is Everyday Fare For A Peasant But Ambrosia For A Gastronome, Though Its Ideal Consumer Is A 300-pound Blocking Back Who Has Been Splitting Firewood Nonstop For The Last Twelve Hours On A Subzero Day In Manitoba.

Remember, 'no One's More Important Than People'! In Other Words, Friendship Is The Most Important Thing--not Career Or Housework, Or One's Fatigue--and It Needs To Be Tended And Nurtured.

The More Experience You Have, The More Interesting Cooking Is Because You Know What Can Happen To The Food. In The Beginning You Can Look At A Chicken And It Doesn't Mean Much, But Once You Have Done Some Cooking You Can See In That Chicken A Parade Of Things You Will Be Able To Create.