And now to sleep, to dream...perchance to fart.

I'm a control freak. If you're going to slap my name on something, I would like to control it.

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

The world they live in now is in no way the world the Michelin system was set up to evaluate back in France, which was all about motorists and seeing if it was worth driving an extra 50 miles for a restaurant. It's a silly thing. Why do you want to help a tire company? You don't owe them nothing.

Food is everything we are. It's an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It's inseparable from those from the get-go.

The fact that over 50 per cent of the residents of Toronto are not from Canada, that is always a good thing, creatively, and for food especially. That is easily a city's biggest strength, and it is Toronto's unique strength.

I'm really happy to see Filipino cuisine starting to really take hold outside of the Pinoy community.