"This is the craziest thing I've ever done," I said aloud to myself as I turned the steering wheel around yet another hairpin turn. "But I guess if I recognize that it's crazy, that means I'm not insane, right? Yeah. Right. Good.”

Madeleine Dee offers up the perfect taste of fall!

Quick, easy, delicious, and full of hearty warmth, Madeleine Dee’s Sunshine Soup is the perfect winter pick-me-up! #pesto #basil #veggies #vegetables #winter #soup #healthysoup #healthysoups #tortellini #lemon #wholefoods

Food Network’s Chef Madeleine Dee prepares her famous Fond Fig Pizzas on the pilot of Easy Elegance!

A unique and elegant holiday recipe that’s fun and foolproof! Post contains an instructional video featuring Madeleine Dee, The Seasoned Cynic.

Most importantly, in all her travels and shifting dreams, Dee seems to have finally found the rarest of all delicacies: her true self. “Fond is me. It’s my heart and soul, truly,” she says with no room for doubt.