It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction.
Some heat, some spice and plenty of citrus are the building blocks of many North African fish dishes.
Rice and vermicelli is a common combination in Arab and Turkish cooking - it has a lighter texture than rice on its own.
For people who think of chicken as the meat choice of those-who-don't-really-like-meat, brining a bird will be a revelation.
My all-time favourite classic use of ricotta is in gnudi: fluffy, cheesy dumplings of almost ethereal, feathery lightness.
Sweet potatoes are ideal for lazy days: just bake, then mash and mix with yogurt, butter or olive oil.
Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes.
I adore recipes that make use of one cut of meat or a whole animal to create a complex dish, loaded with flavour.
Barley and mushroom is a soothing combination. It's mainly a textural thing, with the barley both gently breaking and enhancing the mushroomy gloopiness.
Preparing and cooking squid is easier than most fish. The only thing to remember is not to cook it for too long.
Most British cheeses are now vegetarian and are labelled accordingly. However, French and Italian manufacturers still tend to use rennet.
I'm very happy. I like my work and the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert.
My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.
I've learned one general thing in filmmaking: to work with one strong idea. One strong concept that pushes you to work in a certain way artistically.
Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.
Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me.
If you only have work clothes - the black trouser and ribbed turtleneck you got four years ago at the Gap - you're not participating in your own style personality.
I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city.
I went to live on a kibbutz, and I'd idealized the world of collective, agrarian work, where everyone was equal, everyone contributed, that all this awful European intellectual stuff just fell away.
I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.
Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts.
