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

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

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

Rage or fear... It oscillates. Rage I need to motivate me to try things that I can't ordinarily do - as I'm a lazy man. Fear - to keep pushing harder so we don't lose what we've accomplished.

Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.

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

Fine dining teaches you how to cook many different things, and it gives you the basic fundamentals, but these specialty restaurants, theyre not teaching you the broad foundation you need to become a well-rounded cook.