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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was your writing process like forComing to My Senses?
Both of them were just instrumental.
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We had a way of meeting, sometimes three days a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
In the book, you say your mom was a health food person, but you rebelled.
You would spit out your vitamins and eat treats at the local bakery with your friends.
Of course, now youre a strong advocate for an organic diet and healthy eating.
That, obviously, really had an effect on me, and I didnt realize it.
Your entire book is about your life before Chez Panisse.
Its a hard question; Im looking at my cookbooks right now.
Which part of the book was hardest to write?The really personal parts.
Its hard to write a memoir without telling the truth.
I think that you have to do that, thats what its about.
I wanted to follow particularly what Cristina wanted to know about being 35.
You bring up the topic of loneliness in your book.
Weve been indoctrinated with these fast-food values, and its very hard to get away from them.
Its the idea that when we eat fast food, we eat the values that come with the food.
Were supporting a system that is truly destroying the planet.
