In my bachelor days I was a regular guest at the large Thanksgiving gatherings hosted by my longtime friends Kit and Billy Wohl. Among other occupations, Kit is the author of quite a few cookbooks. We’d divide the kitchen down the middle: cooks and burners on one side, talkers and wine drinkers on the other. I was usually recruited to wash and chop spinach (on the talker side—we usually had a few actual chefs in attendance) for an ever-evol