Author's Note xiii
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Leeks and Potatoes
5(22)
Joy of Cooking
27(11)
You Have to Break a Few Eggs...
38(21)
Hacking the Marrow Out of Life
59(22)
...To Make an Omelette
81(14)
Disaster / Dinner Party, Dinner Party / Disaster
95(24)
The Law of Diminishing Returns
119(28)
They Shoot Lobsters, Don't They?
147(22)
The Proof Is in the Plumbing
169(22)
Sweet Smell of Failure
191(12)
Flaming Crepes!
203(24)
Time to Move to Weehawken
227(16)
``Only in America''
243(22)
Simplicity Itself
265(36)
...Well, Not Quite
301(8)
Acknowledgments 309(2)
Reading Group Guide 311