If you aren't nervous about your passion, you aren't passionate about it.

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.

I wasn't passionate about food until I'd been cooking for a while. I started long before food became part of the mainstream media. I just wanted to cook, period.

I'd love to visit Thailand just for the street food and the energy of a city like Bangkok.

Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer.

I don't like to dump the dressing on top of the greens. Instead, I pour it against the side of the bowl - using only enough to glaze the leaves - then toss.

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