Only Texans and Jews understand brisket

Going to Southeast Asia for the first time and tasting that spectrum of flavors - that certainly changed my whole palate, the kind of foods I crave. A lot of the dishes I used to love became boring to me.

We learn as professionals by repetition, by getting it wrong, getting yelled at and doing it again.

I've been cooking for a nine-year-old and her friends for the better part of seven or eight years. It's how I cook today, it's what makes me happy. I tend to overcompensate for my long absences when I'm home by cooking and it's therapeutic to me - it's how I express love for my daughter. It felt good to do.

America's most dangerous export was, is and always will be our fast-food outlets.

Without Montreal, Canada would be hopeless.

Thinking of getting into the leg-breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later.