In fact, there are many popular cuisine trends with which Clegg disagrees. For example, the esoteric ingredients other cookbook authors insist on using in recipes are restrictive and intimidating, she says. My rule of thumb is that if it isn t available at my local grocery, then I won t use it. She delayed using balsamic vinegar for years until it became a stock item at her neighborhood grocery. Cooking with reduced amounts of fat so you can retain flavor is a more reasonable goal especially for a maintainable lifestyle.
Philosophy break over.
The phone rings constantly. If the call isn t for one of the children, it s probably a magazine editor checking on an upcoming deadline, or a bookstore owner placing an order for her self-published book. Clegg s closets are filled with the book, and she enjoys the role of publisher and distributor as much as she does the other dozen functions she performs. She balances promotional appearances and magazine deadlines with children s softball games and school activities. She makes it look so seamless, she admits, that many of her friends don t know the extent to which she is involved with her business.