I wish that food trucks could exist here in Chicago like they do in Brooklyn and in New York, where you're actually cooking off the truck.

Food is a necessary component to life. People can live without Renoir, Mozart, Gaudi, Beckett, but they cannot live without food.

Part of becoming a little bit older and having the opportunities that I have, you want to start giving back to people who have been influential and helped you along the way.

Most smoked salts are made with liquid smoke, which is a condensate, but really, really good smoked salt is literally smoked.

To me, every kitchen appliance is useful and nothing's overrated. When I look at my little espresso machine, I don't see coffee. I see a steaming valve as an opportunity to make amazing creme brulee.

Food can be expressive and therefore food can be art.

I had D minuses in chemistry and all of the sciences, and now I'm known as a molecular gastronomist.