In the Kitchen With Dorie Greenspan

In light of the release of her 13th cookbook, the beloved author talks everyday cooking, the power of perseverance, and the perfect, ‘elbows-on-the-table’ meal

"Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook" by Dorie Greenspan ($35).

When Dorie Greenspan was 12 years old, she set her parents’ kitchen ablaze.

The story starts with Greenspan and her two friends, a hankering for frozen french fries, and a boiling pot of oil; it ends in a whoosh of “amazing flames,” she recalled, ones that “licked the side of the pot and formed a big teardrop and went up to the cabinets above the stove and the ceiling.”