Where is the stretch? Where is the perfect fit? Where does it make sense? You have to be a Baryshnikov.

People come up to me all the time and ask how I stay the way I am, and it's no secret. The first lesson a chef needs to learn is how to handle a knife; the second is how to be around all that food.

If you get hungry mid-day, a banana is the best snack at your desk, after a workout, or in between classes. Fruit is a very good snack in general.

America has been very open to immigrants in terms of laws, getting loans - it has been helping immigrants more than it's been helping African Americans in starting a small business. That's key, whether you're starting a restaurant or a laundromat.

People might not protest for overtly political or social causes, but when they can't feed themselves and their family, they will take to the streets.

Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday - it's a day that's American to the core and it's a day that's all about what and how we eat.

I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.