Here at build-out, we've got to put the brakes on.

I just think they feel so comfortable and so unaccountable that they don't have to listen. I think they're sort of in a bubble. They don't understand what's going on in the community.

First thing I would do is pack that thing up and send it to Playboy magazine. I would not have that as a symbol of this village.

I think if you're planning a birthday, you plan it when the birthday is. I think it's a great idea to have the family involvement day. They should have held it on the birthday. It should not be an election tool, and that's what it is.

If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.

When I was younger, I read all the great food memoirs, by M.F.K. Fisher and Laurie Colwin and Julia Child and Nicolas Freeling and Ruth Reichl, and felt flooded with a sense of comfort and safety.