Being on television, being recognizable, this is unnatural.

I could do nothing but Brooklyn shows for the rest of my career, and I could die ignorant.

There's always this assumption that you're going to get everything right immediately. And any professional understands that that's just not so.

Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime...Please, treat your garlic with respect...Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic.

For me, the cooking life has been a long love affair, with moments both sublime and ridiculous.

Get up early and go to the local produce markets. In Latin America and Asia, those are usually great places to find delicious food stalls serving cheap, authentic and fresh specialties.

Look, getting bullied in school and coming home crying in the rain and my mom making me a can of Campbell's Tomato Soup with some oysterettes. It was comfort food; that is what food should be.