'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne pushed me into the path that I follow to this day. This is the only cookbook I've ever read that understands how men really eat: over the sink, in the dark, greasy to the elbows.

I hate using the word coagulant.

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those that don't.

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

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

I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.

The turkey - my number one thing that people don't get is take that sucker out of the refrigerator about three hours before you plan on cooking it.