I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.

Now my wife may think she's locked me out of the kitchen but MacGyver's not my patron saint for nothing.

A pie dough comes together exactly like a biscuit only there is very, very little liquid and no leavening involved. Other than that, the same rules apply. My best advice: handle the dough as little as possible.

Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.

Last year, I made a refrigerator in my basement. And I needed to because I needed to figure how - you know there is no such thing as 'cold.' There is only less heat.

Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it.

I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it took me a long time to find someone with the same background and whatnot and I finally found him