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

What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk alone.

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

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

The art of cooking is among the most intimate things that we can do for another.

Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer is rarely right. And that is why you must seize the control of the circumstance and dominate every last detail: to guarantee that they're going to have a far better time than they ever would have had if they tried to control it themselves.

It's a challenge to demonstrate that you can prepare some really interesting food with humble ingredients.