Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.

Find combinations of flavors you love and buy the best quality ingredients you can afford. Your food is only going to be as good as the sum of its parts, like anything else.

The less you do to beautiful food, the better it's going to taste. You don't need to mess with it all the time.

In America, Blackberry Farm in Tennessee is one of the most amazing hotels I've had the privilege of staying at.

I eat for a living, so working out is definitely part of my job, the same way that the eating, tasting, and drinking is.

I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's recipe for chicken and barley stew all the time.

Patience is the secret to good food.