May God protect us from all the religions!
A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.
When the war broke out I decided I would be very patriotic. Standing my full height. I presented myself to the Wacs and the to the Waves. And I was rejected - I was an inch too tall.
Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.
Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.
As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of everything. No snacking. And have a good time.
I believe in red meat. I often said: red meat and gin.
Social science means inventing a certain brand of human we can understand.
People would ask if I wanted to host things and I was like, "No, I'm a writer, I don't host things. " Just thinking I wouldn't be good at it - which is true - but also just wanting to hold on to some part of my identity.
I live a lonely photographic life here in Santa Fe. I do see Eliot Porter occasionally, and Ansel storms through every so often, otherwise I plug along in my old fashioned way.
I pride myself in taking care of my mind, body and soul, and not just through exercise.