Believe me, I understand the need for easy and speedy. After a 12-hour day of shooting 'Chopped,' say, I'm talking stir-fry, spaghetti, heck, peanut-butter sandwiches. But that's not about the joy of food. That's survival.

In My Kitchen: 100 Recipes and Discoveries for Passionate Cooks (ed. Clarkson Potter, 2012) - ISBN: 9780307984982