Unlicensed hooch from a stranger in a parking lot. Good idea? Yes, of course it is.

I've seen zero evidence of any nation on Earth other than Mexico even remotely having the slightest clue what Mexican food is about or even come close to reproducing it. It is perhaps the most misunderstood country and cuisine on Earth.

My family is very far from normal.

I wanted it to look like real cooking in someone's real home or just so out-of-there bizarre that it would be fun.

One of life's terrible truths is that women like guys who seem to know what they're doing.

Trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times. If you get lost and you just end up eating just anywhere, you know, you see a bunch of Venetians sitting around smoking cigarettes, eating something unrecognizable in a dark alley somewhere, chances are it's interesting.

As a chef I’m not your dietitian or your ethicist, I’m in the pleasure business.