The journey is part of the experience - an expression of the seriousness of one's intent. One doesn't take the A train to Mecca.

If somebody crafts an interesting tweet that’ll lead me to their blog, I’m going to their blog.

When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more really, really good food than perhaps I'd like to. So many of my friends are really good chefs. It's kind of like being in the Mafia.

Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: Is it good? Does it give pleasure?

There's always this assumption that you're going to get everything right immediately. And any professional understands that that's just not so.

I'm a control freak. If you're going to slap my name on something, I would like to control it.

Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone. Bad food is fake food, food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people's ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives.