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

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

One must know combinations, one must have a true knowledge of food to be in the moment.

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.

A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting.

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