You don't have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry!

I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer.

Anyone who tries to make brownies without butter should be arrested.

I like almonds as a snack - keeps your energy up but doesn't fill you up.

The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe it's something I had as a child or maybe it's something I had in Milan, but I want it to taste better than you ever thought.

People have more fun if they don't eat so much they have to be taken home in an ambulance.

I've taught myself how to use good, fresh ingredients and to prepare them as simply as possible by cooking only to enhance their intrinsic flavors.