I'm lucky to be in food at the moment, because we're living in a time where so many people are obsessed with it. People will go to food festivals now, and argue over the merits of a taco for hours. It's about the people who deeply care, and want that exchange of ideas.

Cooking is what makes us human. For example, Chimpanzees spend eight to ten hours trying to feed themselves, they are occupied by it, eating basically indigestible things. Once our human ancestors learn to cook things, suddenly we didn't have to spend that much time on digestion, our brains expanded, and we think about other things.

Even though my entire writing persona is prefaced on me not being an expert, I kind of am an expert. I know a lot.

I think every culture is passionate about food; some are just passionate about food and the food is shitty.

When it's done properly, taco should be a verb.

In a lot of ways I think food is starting to take the place in culture that rock and roll took 30 years ago.

Everybody talks about the internet being the ultimate repository of cooking knowledge. But it's not. It sucks.