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Vogue: How does it feel to see your fourth book coming out into the world?
Photo: Sylvie Rosokoff
Im just trying to enjoy it and savor it and not be nervous about it.
I feel really good about that.
How did you decide to setThe Pairingwithin the endlessly generative world of food and drink?
I mean, selfishly, I love food and drink!
I want people to feast.
What is it that draws you in about the romantic-comedy format, do you think?
Ive always been a lover of love stories.
I see everything in the world through this lens of, like,Well, wheres the joke?
Anthony Bourdain feels, in some ways, like the patron saint of this novel.
What do you think was (and remains) so appealing about the food legends approach to life?
Oh, my God.
I respect that so much.
He knew exactly what he was about, and I think that is the spirit of this book.
If you had to pick your dream food-drink pairing, what would it be?
Okay, Ill pick my dream Southern pairing.
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