Amid his many talents and the demands they entail, the beloved TV personality has another passion: cooking.
“I remember loving to be in the kitchen with my mother when she was cooking.
There was something amazing about seeing all these disparate things that would all come together and feed us.
‘How does that happen?’
I’d wonder,” Roker says.
Don’t overstay your welcome.
Listen, you might stay out all night all you want, you just can’t stay here.
Q: What’s one of your favorite holiday recipes?
My dad got into baking when I was a child.
I have a tradition to attempt to keep that alive, keep his memory alive.
By the time we were done opening presents, we would sit down to have breakfast together.
Q: Do you prefer a sit-down meal or a grazing board for the holidays?
More of a dinner, dinner, you know?
I like that you’ve got a goal.
You’re working towards something visible, like a dinner table full of food.
Q: When cooking, do you clean as you go or all at the end?
I venture to clean as I go along.
As your kitchen gets messier and messier, it’s hard toexperience and enjoy things.
Q: What’s your go-to entertaining recipe?
Anice charcuterie boardgoes a long way.
With a couple of warm baguettes, that’s a pretty good deal.
Q: Sweet or savory party food?
Q: Cooking or baking?
If creating food is music, baking is classical and cooking would be jazz.
you might’t really ad-lib in baking.
A lot of it is science and reaction.
This cookbook is extra special to Roker, as he authored it with his daughter, Courtney.
He’s hopeful his cookbook can remind others to slow down andsavor mealtime with loved onesmore often.
“When you’ve got grown kids, you maybe talk once a week.
But while writing the book, we were talking multiple times each week,” Roker says.
