The best way to learn to cook is to do some serious eating.

I think we love bacon because it has all the qualities of an amazing sensory experience. When we cook it, the sizzling sound is so appetizing, the aroma is maddening, the crunch of the texture is so gratifying and the taste delivers every time.

For me no good food is illuminated without acidity.

I don't show just anyone how to crust a sea bass. That's sacred information.

I used to sleep with the phone right by my pillow but I'm getting better. Now it sits on the table a few feet away.

I woke up on May 15, 1991, the day of my Barnard graduation, and I said to myself, 'By the end of today you will decide what you want to do with the rest of your life.'

If you want to have a relationship, at some point you have to let yourself get caught. That's what I did. I got caught.