A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that.

If you're good with a knife, you don't need your eyes.

A home cook who relies too much on a recipe is sort of like a pilot who reads the plane's instruction manual while flying.

I'm loyal and very good about giving people opportunities.

I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody.

We are fat and sick and dying because we have handed a basic, fundamental and intimate function of life over to corporations. We choose to value our nourishment so little that we entrust it to strangers. This is insanity. Feed yourselves. Feed your loved ones. And for God's sake feed your children.

Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.