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

I'm grateful my teenaged daughter is healthy and well and for the work I do to make a living.

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

Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.

I feel like being on Broadway will convince my mother that my theater degree was worth it.

I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean.

I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody.