We're hoping to succeed; we're okay with failure. We just don't want to land in between.

Contemporary ramen is totally different than what most Americans think ramen should be. Ramen is not one thing; there are many, many different types.

Cooking and gardening involve so many disciplines: math, chemistry, reading, history.

I'm grasping with how you do something on a large scale with multiple operations and not have quality decrease.

You can't go into the chef's office of any serious kitchen and not see a copy of Larousse. A must-have for professional and home cooks alike.

I love chicken. I love chicken products: fried chicken, roasted chicken, chicken nuggets - whatever. And going to Japan, I would see that these chicken were smoked and then grilled and then have this amazing crispy skin.

Lifes too short to just breeze on by.