Slaves were taught to be fine chefs, but they endangered their lives if they made a mistake or served an ill-prepared dish. Rather than being reprimanded, they were often hauled into the dining room and flogged in the presence of the guests.

Prisoners learn how to make do with less, and many of them want to take this ingenuity that they've learned to the outside ... but there's no training, nothing to prepare them for that.

I think the audience is truly all ages: I don't put anything in there that kids can't see, or shouldn't see, but I have to keep it interesting for me as an adult

How can people say they don't eat eggplant when God loves the color and the French love the name? I don't under'stand.

I prefer the Chinese method of eating.... You can do anything at the table except arm wrestle.

Most seafoods should be simply threatened with heat and then celebrated with joy.

The design process, at its best, integrates the aspirations of art, science, and culture.