I need the anesthetic qualities of the local fire water.

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 look at Guy Fieri and I just think, 'Jesus, I'm glad that's not me.'

The roots of creativity of cooking are hungry people trying to figure out how to take something that's not particularly fresh or tender and transform it into it something delicious that everyone will love.

In fairness, you know, I'm a big believer in if your kid makes noise in the restaurant you should remove the child immediately.

Just because I like sushi, doesn't mean I can make sushi. I've come to well understand how many years just to get sushi rice correct. It's a discipline that takes years and years and years. So, I leave that to the experts.

There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.