What you feel like eating at any given moment is what you should have.

Salt is the only product that changes cuisine. There's a big difference between food that has salt and food without it. If you don't believe that, ask people who can't eat salt.

Innovation, being avant garde, is always polemic.

Everywhere the sky is blue. There are a multitude of cuisines and dishes. I think of them as the languages and dialects of food.

I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.

What you feel like eating at any given moment is what you should have.

Friends are really important, especially when you've had the successes that I've had. I've gone really far in my career, so they're the ones that keep you humble, keep your feet on the ground.