So I quit my job and went to the New England Culinary Institute for the full two years and worked in the restaurant industry after that until finally I thought I had a grasp on what I needed to do what I do.

I don't like to be polarizing. It's not who I am.

I keep the "ThunderCats" thermos safely in the kitchen.

Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.

I hate using the word coagulant.

I think a lot of food shows, especially when we started 'Good Eats' back in the late '90s, they were still really about food. 'Good Eats' isn't about food, it's about entertainment. If, however, we can virally infect you with knowledge or interest, then all the better.

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