I could do nothing but Brooklyn shows for the rest of my career, and I could die ignorant.

I'm really happy to see Filipino cuisine starting to really take hold outside of the Pinoy community.

Food is so personal - I mean someone is talking to you when people are cooking for you. I like to hear an identifiable voice.

Those places I don't understand, just doing bad food. It takes some doing. Making good pasta is so much easier than making bad stuff. It actually takes quite an effort to make poor linguine pomodora.

I couldn't imagine a more unreliable, more unprofitable way to make a living than writing. My advice? Show up, do the best you can. Keep your day job. If you get a lucky break, don't f*** up. It was helpful to be older because I had made all the really stupid mistakes already.

The fact of the matter is that, for years, the restaurant and service industry has been, to a great extent, built on the backs of often underpaid immigrants of often dubious legal status.

I think we should increase the minimum wage and I think $15 is a good beginning.