There are very sophisticated, very time-consuming dishes to prepare; always from scratch, and always in excess of what you could possibly need. You tend to kill your guests with kindness around here.

The bible of cooking. The all-time argument ender. Early in my cooking career, I wielded my Larousse like a weapon and it never let me down.

Cooking breakfast and brunch professionally really kind of ruined breakfast service for me for a long time.

I'm excited by any food that's prepared by someone who's proud of what they're doing, who puts a personal imprint on food.

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

I am very much enjoying the fatherhood phase of my life.

My tastes in what I eat at home would be very familiar to most people who cook for families. I just organize those things a little bit differently.