I don't know if there's a method that I'd like to see younger people bring back, I just want to see everyone of every age in the kitchen.

Adam Roberts is an original: smart, funny, talented, endlessly inquisitive, an A student and, happily for us, an A+ teacher. Everyone from beginner cooks to sure hands will learn something new on each page. And even if, like Adam's mom's, your stove stores shoes and handbags, you'll still be charmed by Secrets-it's a great read.

I don't know if there's a method that I'd like to see younger people bring back, I just want to see everyone of every age in the kitchen.

Real French people don't bake! At least they don't bake anything complicated, finicky, tricky or unreliable.

Do the work you are most proud of

There are so many reasons to cook and bake. Yes, good food is certainly one of them, but so is the sense of satisfaction you get when you make something with your own hands, when you know that you can take care of yourself and feed yourself well and when you know that you can take care of and feed others.

When I'm developing a recipe with brown butter - I know how much butter I want in the end and I so I start with more butter than I'll need.