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Wednesday, February 5, 2003

A moment with ... Henry Hill, wiseguy/cookbook author

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF

After entering the federal Witness Protection Program in 1980, Henry Hill wrote "Wiseguy," which was made into the movie "Goodfellas" (1990), directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Ray Liotta as Hill. Now out of "The Program" -- as insiders call it -- and in town recently "for personal reasons," Hill met with us to chat about "The Wiseguy Cookbook: My Favorite Recipes From My Life as a Goodfella to Cooking on the Run" (New American Library, $17, 320 pages), his ode to cooking and a lifetime of good food.

On HBO's "The Sopranos": "Well, it's been good for my business (writing about being a former wiseguy), that's for sure. I love the show. I have satellite and watch it on the East Coast feed, three hours early. I have to be alone when I watch, so I can take it all in and not be distracted. Tony Soprano is done so well, he could walk into any city and be a capo/chief/captain

On cooking: "I tell people cooking is art. Use your imagination. It should be a pleasure to cook. An adventure, pleasure, an experience. It's like making love. You never make love the same way twice but it should end up the same each time."

On "The Sopranos Family Cookbook" (2003): "It's . . . OK. Mine's the real thing, though. Mine has heart and soul."

On pasta (Hill prefers good dried pasta to fresh): "I like it to go right from the boiling water to my dish. It has to be alive. It has a life to itself. It's good for you. I'm sure eating pasta is what kept my mother in good health for so many years."

On Seattle: "I spent the best part of my years in Seattle (1982-1987, in the Federal Witness Protection Program). My kids turned out good growing up here. And the seafood -- it's the best!"

-- Penelope Corcoran

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