Once you have mastered a technique, you hardly need look at a recipe again and can take off on your own.

Virginia Woolf was wrong. You do not need a room of your own to write.

Someone may offer you a freshly caught whole large fish, like a salmon or striped bass. Don't panic - take it!

Someone may offer you a freshly caught whole large fish, like a salmon or striped bass. Don't panic - take it!

I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say 'him' rather than 'her.' Maybe it's because of my generation, but I don't like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male.

When you have a few cake formulas and filling ideas in your repertoire, you will find that it's pretty much an assembly job - you can mix and match a different way every time.