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

Norman Mailer described the desire to be cool as a "decision to encourage the psychopath in oneself, to explore that domain of experience where security is boredom and therefore sickness and one exists in the present, in that enormous present which is without past or future, memory or planned intention.

I need the anesthetic qualities of the local fire water.

I feel that if Jacques Pepin shows you how to make an omelet, the matter is pretty much settled. That's God talking.

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

One of the things is challenging yourself to do a Rome show when everybody's done a Rome show. To find some aspect of food culture or chef culture that people can look at in a new way.

It's been about a week without alcohol of any kind. I'm enjoying my new, clean-living lifestyle.