It would be an egregious mistake to ever refer to me in the same breath as most of the people I write about.

I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered. I feed my daughter almost exclusively organic food.

In that sense, what a great way to live, if you could always do things that interest you, and do them with people who interest you.

I'm not Ted Nugent. My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature. I would never hunt. I would never wear fur. I would never go to a bullfight. I'm not really a meat and potatoes guy.

People's choice to become vegan, from people I've spoken to, seems motivated by fear.

If you go to chefs all across America and ask them, 'What's your biggest problem right now?,' It is finding people to cook in their restaurants. They're having an enormous, countrywide problem here staffing their operations.

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