Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever

You have an impeccable argument if you said that Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo are food capitals. They have a maximum amount of great stuff to eat in the smallest areas.

If people are working only rice and beans for much of their diet, it says something.

I do not have a merchandise line. I don't sell knives or apparel. Though I have been approached to endorse various products from liquor to airlines to automobiles to pharmaceuticals dozens of times, I have managed to resist the temptation.

What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?

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.

The biggest empty space, the biggest gap in what should be a premier and always vibrant food scene in America is that we don't have hawker centers like they do in Singapore, basically food courts where mom and pop specialists can set up shop in fairly hygienic little stalls all up to health code making one dish they've been doing forever and ever.