I used to be a sociologist, and I've always been fascinated with food as a cultural indicator, as a way people relate to one another, and with the role food plays in our public and private lives. Nope, I invented the waiter school. Food is still a featured element in your novels, but it seems that you write about food a bit differently in the novels than in your reviews. Certainly in some scenes with Chas and the young taxi driver, food was definitely the spark that lit a fire. I used to be a sociologist, and I've always been fascinated with food as a cultural indicator, as a way people relate to one another, and with the role food plays in our public and private lives.
Food is plot, character, setting.
It is art and science. It is, above all, the most sensual experience we share in public. I'd like to talk about the mechanics of writing. I have a lovely large study with a very crowded desk on the second floor of my house. I write on a Mac, eventually editing on printed pages.