I want to go to college and go back to Georgetown. It's a really cool place.

When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts!

Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved.

My contribution I hope is to get people to eat full-flavored food. If I could come away with that alone, that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I'm also very proud of being a very American chef.

Obviously, the easiest recipes are the most successful when it comes to the home cook, because they're not intimidated by them. If I'm doing 'Boy Meets Grill,' and I do something very simple like grilled hamburgers or steaks or chicken, those are the most sought-after recipes.

It's important to have balance in your life between work and play.

In those days, the main requirement to be on the Food Network was being able to get there by subway.