Naturally, I'm misanthropic. But the Negronis are helping considerably.

You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.

In college, I think I probably positioned myself as an aspiring writer, meaning I dressed sort of extravagantly and adopted all the semi-Byronic affectations, as if I were writing, although I wasn't actually doing any writing.

I'm not impressed by any cooks who can brag about a filet mignon. A guy who can take the neck of a shank or can use tripe to make into something delicious is really interesting to me; that's impressive.

We learn as professionals by repetition, by getting it wrong, getting yelled at and doing it again.

I'm a guy who should not have a lot of free time. But when it comes to vacation, I like to pull the plug completely. It's all about my daughter - I'm no longer the star of my own movie.

If somebody crafts an interesting tweet that’ll lead me to their blog, I’m going to their blog.