I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from failing.

If you want the meaning of families and life and religion and philosophy rolled into one package, all you need to read is The Brothers Karamazov.

I wasnt using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education.

Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.

Cuisine is only about making foods taste the way they are supposed to taste.

I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from failing.