The shellfish thing is very scary. You have to know the people you buy from and exactly where their wholesalers are getting the fish from.

Any disaster is a learning process.

...operational proof...it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works.

In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal.

I'd like for people to be able to go to the universities and get a degree in fine arts-gastronomy.

I was a romantic, messy thinker. I was raised with very conservative beliefs, but that was a long time ago.

Tears mess up your makeup.