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.

I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!

Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

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

I am a glutton for a beautiful hotel. I am so easily smitten by high thread counts.

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

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.