I don't like it when I go to a restaurant and I'm lectured from the menu.

I am an audiophile. It's almost like a virus. I'm completely crazy about the quality of sound. It's interesting and painful at the same time; you have to really spend a lot of money on the equipment.

My New Year's resolution is to cut my diet sodas down to two cans a day!

In New York there used to be some very good clubs with amazing sound systems. Techno was part of the process.

Cooking is a holistic process of planning, preparing, dining and sharing food. I place food at the center of our humanity, as it nourishes not only our physical bodies but also our emotional and spiritual lives. Food is truly a cultural phenomenon that informs our traditions and our relationship with the earth. I genuinely believe that food connects us all.

California is lucky, the East Coast is lucky because we get great seafood and a lot of produce from Florida, locally in good weather, but in the winter we have to buy it.

Well, cooking starts with shopping. If the ingredients are not good, you don't do it. Just change your mind and do something else.