You dont need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.

Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.

Mothers and grandmothers: these are the people that I admire most, not so much chefs.

Just-poached vegetables show off their natural attributes, and taste fresh and light in a way you never get with roasting or frying.

For me, the end of childhood came when the number of candles on my birthday cake no longer reflected my age, around 19 or 20. From then on, each candle came to represent an entire decade.

The way to entice people into cooking is to cook delicious things.

You dont need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.