I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background.
Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it.
Cookbooks have all become baroque and very predictable. I'm looking for something different. A lot of chefs' cookbooks are food as it's done in the restaurants, but they are dumbed down, and I hate it when they dumb them down.

