Eight years ago, on February 1 (which also happens to be my birthday), I was a guest on Martha Stewart’s television show, Martha Stewart Living. I’ve just transferred the VHS tape to a digital file, and have decided to include it here on my blog, for historical record.

I look a lot younger (!), and the producers told me to dress casually (not in my typical snazzy suit) to meet the expectations of their target audience.

When this first aired in 2002, I received thousands of emails from people around the country, and as far away as Norway. It was one of my first “big” shots on television, and I remember how thrilling it was to meet Martha Stewart in her Connecticut studio. The show was re-aired three more times that year.

And also for the record, the loaf of bread trick was one of my earliest collaborations with Mark Levy.