here in manhattan, we're happy to have jonathan waxman in dy say the name right? >> jonathan, it's great to have you here. >> great to be here. >> your reputation, have i to say, precedes you. i'm going back to the little jonathan who says you have to babysit your younger siblings. your parents go out and say, the kitchen is all yours. you go in the kitchen and you see what? how old were you, by the way? >> i was probably like 8 or 9 years old. my brothers were two years younger than me, so my youngest brother was 4. i got the joy of cooking. i went right to the cookie section. and i saw shortbread cookies. i said, i have to make those. that's the first thing i made for them. >> wow. >> we had shortbread cookies. slightly burnt and really hot but really delicious. >> and then you knew you liked cooking. >> it was really -- it was those word sort of things that happen in life like i was always comfortable doing it. i was always comfortable in the kitchen. >> i just saw a picture, mo, of some chicken. >> i have to say, nothing worse in life -- well, maybe a few thin

we are here to have jonathan waxman in studio 57. did i say the name right? good to have you here. >> great to be here. >> your reputation i have to say precedes you. i'm going back to the little jonathan who was told you have to baby sit your younger siblings your parents go out and say the kitchen is all yours and you go in the kitchen and see what? who old were you? >> 8 or 9 years old and my brothers two years younger than me, youngest was 4. so i got the joy of cooking, i went right to the cookie section. and i saw this thing for shortbread cookies and said i have to make those. >> that's hard. >> and that's the first thing i made for them and that's what we had shortbread cocok cookie slightly burnt. >> you knew you liked cooking. >> it was the most weird sort of things that happen in life where i was always comfortable doing it. i was always comfortable in the kitchen. >> well i just saw a picture, mo, of chicken right there. >> yeah. i got to say, there's nothing worse in life or maybe a few things, than dry chicken, than chicken that's sort of dry in