Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.

You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.

I'm a beet freak. I put them in the pressure cooker.

I believe in red meat. I often said: red meat and gin.

...the waiters carried themselves with a quiet joy, as if their entire mission in life was to make their customers feel comfortable and well tended.

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.

I think careful cooking is love, don't you?