Marinated Chickpea Salad with Artichokes and Peppers

And some thoughts on writing a cookbook

Last week I turned in the first draft of my manuscript for my second cookbook, Nights & Weekends (coming sometime next spring!). Immediately after hitting send I got into bed and turned on an episode of The Bachelor at 2 pm and promptly fell sleep. Before my first book came out my husband asked me what my definition of success was for it. I said getting…