I wouldn't ask any of my employees to do anything I wouldn't do. And I work as hard, if not harder than the rest of the staff, to set an example. I also believe in giving my employees a lot of room to be creative and to express themselves.

If you don't follow your dream, who will?

Cleanliness is very important. If you let kids make a total mess in the kitchen and then leave, you're not really teaching them anything.

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.

I'm not impressed with presidents. I have met a few, but I'm not impressed with them.

Growing up in New England, being schooled and classically trained, it needed to shake, it needed to evolve.

Mom ran the house, so we grew up Portuguese.