Radishes grow just about anywhere. People think, 'Oh it's just a radish.' But radishes are delicious, and people don't think of cooking them.

My favorite Aspen memory is saving an upside-down cake that had exploded from the high altitude.

When I want to kick it up, I like to add hardwood chips or chunks to the grill; it adds bold smoky flavors. The most common woods are hickory and mesquite, but you can find alder, apple, cherry and, my personal favorite, pecan.

I don't limit myself.

Home base is the support system where we have a culinary team, my own writers because of the shows and the books and stuff, we have a culinary team of about six people. Marketing, public relations, accounting and all that sort of stuff.

Get up every day and try a little harder than the day before.

I think you've got to keep it simple, keep it fresh. Stay away from all that processed stuff, read the labels.