I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules?

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.

In the restaurant it's much more serious.

My family... always had the value of the family table and these cultural influences of growing up.

If kids can learn how to make a simple Bolognese sauce, they will never go hungry. It's pretty easy to cook pasta, but a good sauce is way more useful.

Soups are a great way to introduce a lot of vegetables to kids. Stir-fries, too, because they contain so many different shapes and colors.

We'll be going to the fish market and a farmer's market this afternoon to get what we need to make and eat dinner as a family. I'm trying to expose my kids to going to a farmers market or the fish market and learning what that's all about.