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.

An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.

The Italians seem to have a better attitude with kids and the food is great!

I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing.

Venezuela is another place I'd like very much to go, which is proving very difficult. I have not been there to make a show and I'd like to, very much.

I, personally, think there is a really danger of taking food too seriously. Food should be part of the bigger picture.

To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food.