Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a concept - to really get a concept. To get it enough that it becomes part of me. But when it happens I get real excited about it

So on one hand, honey is an amazingly sophisticated and efficient food source. On the other hand, it's bee backwash.

I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean.

The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so I am very frustrating to work with.

I do know I'm a control freak.

I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy - and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time.

I am firmly in the lard camp. It must be what we call leaf lard, which is a specific kind of lard that resides around certain internal organs in the pig.