I Try To Greet My Friends With

I Think That I Had A Very Clear Vision When I Started Writing Cookbooks What I Wanted It To Be, And That You Would Open The Book, That You Would Look At The Photograph And Go, That Looks Delicious. And Then You Would Look At The Recipe And Say, I Can Actually Make That And I Can Make It With Ingredients I Can Find In The Grocery Store.

I Try To Greet My Friends With A Drink In My Hand, A Warm Smile On My Face, And Great Music In The Background, Because That's What Gets A Dinner Party Off To A Fun Start.

The Most Important Thing For Having A Party Is That The Hostess Is Having Fun. I'm Very Organized. I Make A Plan For Absolutely Everything. I Never Have Anything That Has To Be Cooked While The Guests Are There. The Only Thing I Might Have To Do Is Take Something Out Of The Oven And Carve It.

I Worked For The Office Of Management And Budget In The White House, On Nuclear Energy Policy. But I Decided It Would Be Much More Fun To Have A Specialty Food Store, So I Left Washington D.c. And Moved To The Hamptons. And How Glad I Am That I Did!

You Can Be Miserable Before You Have A Cookie And You Can Be Miserable After You Eat A Cookie But You Can't Be Miserable While You Are Eating A Cookie.