A good, stinky French cheese or a good Stilton. These are things I really, really love. Dessert I can obviously live without.

My daughter always behaved in restaurants. And if she didn't, she's going out. I mean, one of the parents is going to take her outside. Immediately.

You have an impeccable argument if you said that Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo are food capitals. They have a maximum amount of great stuff to eat in the smallest areas.

There is no other place on earth even remotely like New Orleans. Don't even try to compare it to anywhere else.

Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever

Do you really want to make risotto to order when you have eight guests sitting there? No. It won't work. Most cookbooks won't tell you that. They will say make it and it will come out perfectly. They should tell you you're probably going to screw it up the first 10 times you make it.

You know, it's not the world I would have wanted, for sure.