The best pastas are cut with bronze dies that give them a rough texture and allow the sauce to cling.

The best pastas are cut with bronze dies that give them a rough texture and allow the sauce to cling.

Pasta is the one food I can't live without. It's the food I eat to fuel my running.

Working in a restaurant means being part of a family, albeit usually a slightly dysfunctional one. Nothing is accomplished independently.

When I stopped looking at food as a reward or a celebration and began looking at food as energy to fuel my athletic ambitions, that really kind of changed the whole world for me. That was the real 'aha!' moment.

Frankly, Milan kind of sucks as a restaurant city. Its so fashion-obsessed that people dont pay that much attention to the food.

Restaurant Man is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might glean some life lessons. It is honest, not written as a press release.