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"  FOOD RULES I LIVE BY: We all need to slow down. We were at dinner in Tuscany while filming my new show, Around the World in 80 Plates, and we felt like the service had been a bit slow. When we asked if other diners agreed, they said: &amp;quot;No. We came to enjoy the company.&amp;quot; In America, we&amp;#039;re so focused on convenience. Seeing people just enjoying eating was beautiful. Chicken fingers? Not on my watch! In my travels, I also noticed that kids in Thailand like spicy food, and kids in India love curry. I&amp;#039;m hoping to introduce my son, Hudson [who&amp;#039;s 6 months old], to lots of veggies and spices when he&amp;#039;s young. I say that before he&amp;#039;s started on solid foods, so it could be easier in theory than practice! I grow my own vegetables and herbs. I like being able to tell people that the lunch I&amp;#039;m serving started out as a seed in my yard. When people come over for dinner, I get them involved. I stock the bar with bottles, ice, mixers, and some cut-up fruit. Then I send guests straight there so they have a job and feel immediately comfortable. It creates a great environment. Keep it simple in the kitchen. If you use quality ingredients, you don&amp;#039;t need anything fancy to make food delicious: just a knife, a cutting board, and some good nonstick cookware, and you&amp;#039;re set. [We&amp;#039;re giving away Curtis&amp;#039;s favorite pans! Go to redbookmag.com/curtisstone to enter.] MY FAVORITE RECIPES AND TRADITIONS: &amp;quot;Now that I&amp;#039;m a dad, I&amp;#039;m practicing what I call &amp;#039;one- handed cooking,&amp;#039; because I&amp;#039;ve got something more important in my other arm. I&amp;#039;m whipping up lots of frittatas and omelets.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;My favorite summer cocktail is vodka with watermelon and mint. Just blend it up and serve over ice.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;When we have family in town, I eat like I did when I was a kid. Things like pasties [savory pies] with roast beef.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I love my late-night trips to a taco stand in East L.A. I eat them really, really hot \u2014 the hotter, the better.&amp;quot; 4 THINGS YOU&amp;#039;LL ALWAYS FIND IN MY KITCHEN: 1. Coffeemaker. &amp;quot;I have a Breville in the kitchen and a Nespresso near my bedroom.&amp;quot; 2. The Sex Pistols. &amp;quot;They keep me moving when I&amp;#039;m cooking for a lot of people.&amp;quot; 3. Plenty of good cheeses. &amp;quot;I always have a Parmesan or pecorino, a nice Brie, and a Gouda or old cheddar. I like to mix it up!&amp;quot; 4. Dark chocolate. &amp;quot;I keep 70% on hand as a snack.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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