My mom had Julia Child and 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook' on top of the refrigerator, and she had a small repertoire of French dishes.

A burger is something anyone can do, just follow the rules.

I have the best job in the world.

I'm certainly dismayed by what I'm seeing now. There's a lot of ugliness of a kind I've never seen in my lifetime, or heard in my lifetime. But, look, I'm a romantic. I'm hopeful.

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

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.

If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it's the restaurant business.