I wanted to be a literary writer, so I wrote story after story and sent them to 'The New Yorker.'

One thing that improved my cooking skills was being a poor student in California... If you don't have much money, you have to learn to cook.

What one's goal should be is just to become a better writer and to tell different kinds of stories.

I like cream cheese in just about anything.

Writing is work and cooking is relaxing.

Catering is extremely demanding financially and physically. It's a business.

I told the caterer I'd work for nothing if he'd teach me about catering. I lasted one week full-time. It was exhausting.