Having been a chef for some many years, I understand what it's like to work really, really hard to get good at something, only to have someone piss all over it.

There are people with otherwise chaotic and disorganized lives, a certain type of person that's always found a home in the restaurant business in much the same way that a lot of people find a home in the military.

Thinking that your story is so interesting that other people will want to listen to it or read it or pay to hear it, that's - what kind of person thinks that? A monster of self-regard. It's not normal thinking.

Unlicensed hooch from a stranger in a parking lot. Good idea? Yes, of course it is.

Just because we are not Italian, does not mean we cannot appreciate Michelangelo, it is the same with cuisine.

I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.

Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.