Here is a sketch of me cooking at my stove, drawn by my daughter Rebecca. On the left page are some notes about the Baby Bella Sauté. I’m making latkes in one of my favorite pans, a 14-inch Calphalon One that comes out when there is a lot of frying or sautéing to be done. These days it is hard to find a similarly large and square-sided pan—in fact, I bought a second one when I found it in a sale bin at the similarly defunct Linens&Things a number of years ago. I am happy to say that both of my kids (well hardly that, Rebecca is 33 and Steven is 30) have become good cooks and have mastered recipes from DxD.
