What we call barbecuing in this country is actually direct grilling. In many countries, it also means cooking in an enclosed box with a heat source, ideally wood, all year round.

The best food I've ever eaten in my life has come from the poorest communities.

40% of what I've done was a mistake. I now call it R&D.

Homicide is 0.8% of deaths. Diet-related disease is over 60%. But no one talks about it.

Your child will live a life ten years younger than you because of the landscape of food that we've built around them.

Just because the Americans are so good at rattling out accessible and cheap junk food, nobody looks twice when it comes to their food. But there are golden nuggets everywhere.

I want Americans to enjoy food. I want them to celebrate food. I want them to, on occasions, to have big cakes and great things. And I want them to indulge.