Interviews with...
Nina Simonds
 Spices
of Life: Simple and delicious recipes for great health
A wonderful new book from the award-winning author of A
Spoonful of Ginger. Drawing on her travel experiences
to Asia and Europe as well as family favourites, this book shows
us how healthy
eating doesn’t have to be boring or complicated. Hardcover, 382
pp, $50.00.
CB: The first
album/CD/eight track you bought?
NS: Laura Nyro, Eli and the Thirteenth
Confession.
CB: What
was your first car?
NS: Volkeswagon Bug Convertible.
CB: Your favourite junk food?
NS: Smartfood.
CB: What kitchen gadget, or piece of equipment can't you live
without?
NS: My cleavers.
CB: Your favourite ingredient, or food?
NS: Warm fruit cobbler and vanilla ice cream.
CB: Most over-rated ingredient,
or food?
NS: Black truffles.
CB: What was the first cookbook you used?
NS: Mastering the Art of French Cooking by
Julia Child.
CB: Your
favourite authors, doesn't have to be cookbook authors?
NS: Saul Bellow (earlier books) and Chitra Banerjee
Divakaruni.
CB: Your
favourite city?
NS: Shanghai/Paris.
CB: What is your greatest extravagance/indulgence?
NS: My Shanghai Tang outfits.
CB: Your favourite movie?
NS: A Man and a Woman.
CB: What was your first job?
NS: Scooping ice cream at a homemade ice cream stand.
CB: What kind of music
do you like?
NS: Brazilian/ Bossa Nova.
CB: Your favourite sports team?
NS: Red Sox.
CB: Your pet peeve when dining out?
NS: Bad service.
CB: Your favourite drink?
NS: "Golden Eye"- 2 parts rum, fresh
lime juice, and grenadine served at Goldeneye in Jamaica.
CB: If you could change one thing in the food & wine
industry what would it be?
NS: More original programming on the Food Network.
CB: Who has been the biggest
influence on your career?
NS: Julia Child, Huang Su Huei ( my surrogate
Chinese godmother) and T.C. Lai (my surrogate Chinese father).
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