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

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

Always make stock in a large quantity and freeze it in plastic bags. That way, when you want to make a nice soup or boil veggies, you can simply pull the bag out of the freezer.

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

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.