Albanians, we tan well! I don't burn; I bake.
I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.
My diet is mostly composed of whole-grain cereals, legumes, beans, lentils. Lots of cooked, baked, or steamed vegetables. Lots of spices like curcumin or cumin that help aid digestion. Some superfoods.
I try to eat a lot of baked foods, fish, chicken, potatoes, stuff like that. Grab me a Muscle Milk. That helps.
You might go to a cheap bakery that uses really bad fats and sugars and stuff like that. You go to a nice bakery and you can enjoy a nice sweet that's made well and it doesn't make you put on any weight if you eat in moderation and if you do a little bit of exercise.
When I was 19, I began work at a French sourdough bakery in Balmain.
I always did the cooking at home, and we always tried for balance. We've been vigilant about how and what our kids eat. For example, my son would just as soon go for the grapes as he would the chips... and the chips are baked.
I baked the coffee cake recipe from 'The Joy of Cooking' over and over again when I was a kid.
I saw a bakery truck go by with the name 'Rocco' on it, and that's when I decided to become Alex Rocco.
I don't think you'd trust Mary Berry if you found out she couldn't bake a cake.
