like, i can't-- i can't make fununions at home. >> and i can't make cheese noodles. they make that kind of food-- like french fries too easy. if you were cook at home how often would you make french fries? >> stephen: i don't know how to make french fries. >> good. you won't make them that often. when corporations cook french riesor us, we eat rth three different time cheapt of e food looking fresher and -- >> stephen: and crunchy. >> and crunchy. >> stephen: and crisp. >> but those additives are not so good for us. they cook with lots of chemicals that you don't have in your pantry. >> stephen: the book is split up into earth, air, fire. is this eating philosophy based at all on the band earth, wind, and fire. ( laughter ) because i base all my eating on the band meatloaf. ( laughter ). ( applause ) what do you mean by these different sections? earth, air, fire-- there's a water section, too. >> cooking is about transformations of nature into food. it's a meal. and there are four main transformation. we cook with fire, barbecueue know all about barbecue. we cook in