Interviews with...
Micheal Smith
 Chef at Home
Michael Smith
The Food Network star takes his show off the road right into his Prince Edward
Island home. Along with recipes for the hearty dishes he likes to serve to family
and friends, Michael Smith tries to impart all the hints the home cook will need
to cook without recipes. Colour photos. Softcover, 176 pp, $29.95.
CB: CB: The first album/CD/eight track you bought?
MS: Pink
Floyd, The Wall.
CB: What was your first car?
MS: Blue Ford Mustang.
CB: Your favourite junk food?
MS: Krispy Kreme donuts.
CB: What kitchen gadget, or piece of equipment can't you live without?
MS: Garlic
peeler.
CB: Your favourite ingredient, or food?
MS: Fish.
CB: Most over-rated ingredient, or food?
MS: Balsamic vinegar.
CB: What was the first cookbook you used?
MS: Joy of Cooking.
CB: Your favourite authors, doesn't have to be cookbook authors?
MS: Nigel
Slater.
CB: Your favourite city?
MS: Fortune, P.E.I.
CB: What is your greatest extravagance/indulgence?
MS: The wood burning pizza
oven in my house.
CB: Your favourite movie?
MS: Chocolat.
CB: What was your first job?
MS: As a dishwasher in a college cafeteria,
I lasted 3 days. I quit and became a cook because they have way
more fun.
CB: What kind of music do you like?
MS: All kinds, the shuffle on my ipod.
CB: Your favourite sports team?
MS: Lance Armstrong.
CB: Your pet peeve when dining out?
MS: When you order something on the menu
and it doesn’t match the
description on the menu.
CB: Your favourite drink?
MS: Orange juice.
CB: If you could change one thing in the food & wine industry what
would it be?
MS: Find a way to pay young cooks better, not chefs.
CB: Who has been the biggest influence on your career?
MS: My son.
CB: What four people, dead or alive, would you invite to dinner (assuming
you would invite your significant other to have six around the
table)?
MS: Julia Child, George Bush (so he can do the dishes, peel the onions
and stand in the corner), Bono (so he can sing for his supper)
and Johnny Flynn (so he can bring the oysters).
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