Well, you know, for me, I think Spanish food is festive.

I spent several years cooking on a line.

My family came from Ecuador.

I think that a lot of us at home are iron chefs in their own right in that we have to come up with meals real quickly.

I'm a huge fan of burgers, and they're not my wife's favorite, so we don't cook them at home.

Some of the best cooks that I've cooked with, whether it's in New York or Chicago or even here in Philadelphia, are actually Ecuadorians. And there's something about their palates that really just inspires me, and has a really deep sense of flavor.

If you were a Colombian, you would have your version of an empanada. If you are an Argentinean, you might find a dough that's baked and has a butter sheen on it. And then in Ecuador, you'll find more crispy-fried empanadas. So, yeah, every culture has their own version of empanadas.