My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature.

In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful.

I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period.

I'm not going to get off the pony as long as they let me ride it.

I could eat bloody Elvis - if you put enough vinegar on him.

Regret is something you’ve got to just live with, you can’t drink it away. You can’t run away from it. You can’t trick yourself out of it. You’ve just got to own it.

Understand, when you eat meat, that something did die. You have an obligation to value it - not just the sirloin but also all those wonderful tough little bits.