"TV baking shows warm our hearts"

The lovely Gail Pennington interviewed me for this story in the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch on the rise of TV baking shows and The Great British Bake Off:

“‘Unlike American cooking competitions, GBBO isn’t about cutthroat conniving or underhanded sabotage,’ Lacob says. ‘It is about the creativity of the gifted amateur, resulting in a show that is less about egos and more about the spirit of camaraderie, cooperation and, well, cupcakes.’

’The Great British Bake Off is, ‘simply put, perfection, one with which producers wisely haven’t trifled,’ Lacob says.”