Q&A with Daniel Licht, author of Cooking as Though You Might Cook Again

Daniel shares about his liberation from recipes, trusting your intuition, and the role that beauty can play in constructing a "perfect" meal. Read the full interview with producer Clea Wurster.

Photo courtesy of Daniel Licht via 3 Hole Press

Clea Wurster: My first question is really easy, I was wondering if you could tell me about the last meal you cooked for yourself.

Daniel Licht: Somehow I knew this was coming and somehow I still didn't prepare. I made lunch yesterday. I had steamed rice with steamed string beans and garlic, soy sauce, and hummus.

Clea Wurster: The hummus is a wild card there. I was not expecting that.

Daniel Licht: I know, I know me neither, honestly. I was about to eat it and I opened the fridge and realized I had some hummus that was aging. So, it came in and it was a good addition.

Clea Wurster: Very nice. And it sounds like something you did not use a recipe for?

Daniel Licht: Yeah, definitely not.