First and foremost, you have to remember that restaurants are businesses and they have to stay in business. And though everyone thinks they want grass fed beef, most people actually prefer the taste of corn fed - it is less dry, more marbled, and less gamey, not to mention much less expensive than grass fed.

I'm a healthy weight for my height, and I like how I look on most days.

Ultimately, I realized that in order to write about food you need to understand everything about cooking, so I moved to New York and enrolled in the Institute of Culinary Education.

I run a solid 4-6 miles at a time, and over the last year two years I've gotten really into SoulCycle. It's sort of an evolved form of spinning.

Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.

Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.

Patience is the secret to good food.