"I've been cooking seriously for over forty years. Self-taught, a lot of mistakes, a lot of eventually getting it right."

I started The Reluctant Gourmet in 1996 to teach myself two things: how to cook and how to build a website. I wasn’t a chef, a writer, or a photographer. I was simply curious. I wanted to know not only how to cook, but why techniques worked.

Three decades later, that curiosity still drives everything I publish. If I can help you understand the “why” behind cooking, you’ll be able to cook with more confidence and far fewer surprises.

In Italy with my daughters