I do know I'm a control freak.

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.

I am firmly in the lard camp. It must be what we call leaf lard, which is a specific kind of lard that resides around certain internal organs in the pig.

Do not allow watching food to replace making food.

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

My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee.

The jewel of the lard is right around the kidneys. But this is a fat that has a very specific crystalline formation and a high melting point.