From Zero to Ten in 23 Years

It took six years from the day I started writing the first book, Top Secret Recipes, for it to land on bookstores shelves.

Not having a formal culinary education made the process of writing the book especially tedious since I had to learn the science of cooking and figure out how to adapt what I had [...]

Book on the Town

When my latest book came out in November I took it on a tour of Las Vegas. We had a great time and shared many tender moments. I took photos along the way and posted them all in a series of Tweets on Twitter.

Here is our complete album of sweet memories from that day… 

A Book Tour: Hits and Misses

Okay, here we go again.

Although this is the 9th time I’ve set out on a multi-city promotional tour with a new book, I still haven’t figured out how to pack right. But who cares? You can always buy a scarf here and a hat there when you find out that temps will plunge [...]

Thank You Entertainment Weekly

It’s been a really long time since I’ve been graded for my work; the last grade I received came somewhere around my final day of college in 1985. But now, my all-time favorite magazine, Entertainment Weekly – which I read from cover to cover every week – reviewed my new book in a beautiful 2-page spread, [...]