When I was a kid and my mom made tomato soup, she would cut buttered toast into squares and float them on top of each bowl.

In my 'Big Dinners' cookbook, I recreated my mother's recipe for crab dip. The creamy dressing for this dip, made with mayonnaise, tomato paste, a touch of honey, sliced chives, lemon juice and zest, horseradish and Tabasco, is reminiscent of Thousand Island dressing.

Grilled cheese and tomato soup is the ultimate comfort meal.

I had the longest, biggest bowl cut. It looked like I had a perfectly straightened mop on the top of my head.

I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del.

Don't give them just a blanket and a bowl of soup. Give them housing and services, and eventually that person goes out and gets a job.