The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap.

I want every child in America to eat a nutritious, delicious, sustainably sourced school lunch for free.

It's a comfort to always find pasta in the cupboard and garlic and parsley in the garden.

If our public school system is a truly democratic institution. It's the place where we can reach every child in this county from kindergarten. What an opportunity to edibly educate them. I don't just mean a glorified cooking class. I've never thought of it that way. I have always thought of it as a way to empower students to learn, to give them confidence, and to nourish them. So, I think the centerpiece has to be a free, sustainable school lunch for every child.

I do feel like food should cost more, because we aren't paying farmers a living wage. It has to cost more.

The things most worth wanting are not available everywhere all the time.

When you have the best and tastiest ingredients, you can cook very simply and the food will be extraordinary because it tastes like what it is.