and she had her friend loiza so we started a little cooking school in our kitchen that had room enough so we could have six pupils. simca had been doing a book on french cooking for americans and needed an american collaborator. >> she needed an american view, american attitude. >> so we started writing our book. >> the goal of the book was to make french cooking for americans with american products so that you could replicate it here. semca, her partner, found that difficult. because semca found it should only be done the french way, regardless. >> semca was a very willful woman.