The skin is forming because of proteins, just like if you cook milk or anything else that's got a coagulant protein in it.

Gluttony is wrong. It's wasteful.

Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'

Molecular gastronomy is not bad... but without sound, basic culinary technique, it is useless.

I can’t talk about anything or write about anything if I don’t understand it. So a lot of the stuff that I go through and a lot of the time that I spend is understanding.

I say grace. I'm a big believer in grace. I happen to believe in a God that made all the food and so I'm pretty grateful for that and I thank him for that. But I'm also thankful for the people that put the food on the table.

I'm not a slave driver or a yeller. I was yelled at in kitchens and other workplaces.