Street food, I believe, is the salvation of the human race.

I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.

For a dinner date, I eat light all day to save room, then I go all in: I choose this meal and this order, and I choose you, the person across from me, to share it with. There's a beautiful intimacy in a meal like that.

I've seen zero evidence of any nation on Earth other than Mexico even remotely having the slightest clue what Mexican food is about or even come close to reproducing it. It is perhaps the most misunderstood country and cuisine on Earth.

Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.

I think there's a tendency to over-jack and over-umami food these days.

I am a delightfully evangelical guy about things I love. I am that annoying guy who sits everyone down and forces them to read some book I like. I'm looking across the full spectrum of genres.