I think in the end there are only 20 or 30 tenets of basic cooking. It's going at perhaps the same issue from different angles, from different points of view, from different presentation styles, that really makes things sink in and become embedded.

Wine is like women. It tempts you; it comforts you; it confuses you and can even turn on you when you least expect it. It can be your friend one day and your enemy the next.

I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and entertaining at the same time... a show that got down to the 'why things happen.' Plus, I hated my job - I didn't think it was very worthwhile

The way to any woman's heart, be she witch or Wonderwoman, princess or Pocahontas, is through her stomach.

Believe me, a grain is a terrible thing to waste.

Cooking is an observation-based process that you can't do if you're so completely focused on a recipe.

Now my wife may think she's locked me out of the kitchen but MacGyver's not my patron saint for nothing.