I wasn't that great a chef, and I don't think I'm that great a writer.

I would frankly be shocked if Donald Trump even knows how to use chopsticks or is even able to manipulate them with those tiny little fingers.

My wife was easy because she trains [jiu-jitsu] all the time. She's pretty much on a completely different diet. I always just threw meat at her and she's happy on a 100 percent protein diet, so we seldom ate together.

In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful.

I'm sure one of the frustrations of being a Western enthusiast of Japanese food and culture is you're confronted every day with the absolute certainty that you will die ignorant.

I love bacon, but I don't think we need it on everything.

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