You know, it's not the world I would have wanted, for sure.

As you move through this life...you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you.

As Americans, we tend to look at Mexican food as nachos, which is not Mexican food really - they don't eat them.

That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.

Food is everything we are. It's an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It's inseparable from those from the get-go.

No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.

Is it a good hot dog? That’s all I want to know … I don’t think the personal health and purity of my colon is that important compared to pleasure. As a chef, I’m not your dietitian or your ethicist. I’m in the pleasure business …. My responsibility is to give you the most delicious tomato that I can afford, given the circumstances, and maybe increase the likelihood that you get laid after dinner.