It is often to the wary that the events in life are unexpected. Looser types-people who are not busy weighing and measuring every little thing-are used to accidents, coincidences, chance, things getting out of hand, things sneaking up on them. They are the happy children of life, to whom life happens for better or worse.

Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal.

The best way to eat crabs, as everyone knows, is off newspaper at a large table with a large number of people.

People who like to cook like to talk about food....without one cook giving another cook a tip or two, human life might have died out a long time ago.

Many people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good.

And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.

Cookbooks hit you where you live. You want comfort; you want security; you want food; you want to not be hungry and not only do you want those basic things fixed, you want it done in a really nice, gentle way that makes you feel loved. That's a big desire, and cookbooks say to the person reading them, 'If you will read me, you will be able to do this for yourself and for others. You will make everybody feel better.'