I always say that environment always affects the food.

The thing I have to be willing to do is work - I think I'm the one that is going to actually copyright the term "25/8." You ever hear of the term "25/8?" It's the cousin of "24/7." I have to go "25/8."

Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don't fall at least 10 times, then you're not skiing hard enough.

Liver is my number one most hated food. Oh, God, I get sick talking about it!

I get a lot of my inspiration from my family, but I never got to meet my dad's dad.

My friends and my family are such a massive part of my life. My kids are everything.

I was always a kid trying to make a buck. I borrowed a dollar from my dad, went to the penny candy store, bought a dollar's worth of candy, set up my booth, and sold candy for five cents apiece. Ate half my inventory, made $2.50, gave my dad back his dollar.