I don't think people should be encouraged to look like Kate Moss; I think that's unreasonable. I think the normal human body should be glorified. By the same token, if you need a stick to wash yourself, you're not healthy.

I'm excited by any food that's prepared by someone who's proud of what they're doing, who puts a personal imprint on food.

If people are working only rice and beans for much of their diet, it says something.

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.

Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent.

I believe - to the best of my recollection, anyway - that I soon made the classic error of moving from margaritas to actual shots of straight tequila. It does make it easier to meet new people.

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.