Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.

I can teach a chimp how to make linguini and clams. I can't teach a chimp to dream about it and think about how great it is.

Protein has been intensely over-represented on the plate. Now, the garden should be the main drag for main courses.

Food is much better off the hand than the fork.

The perfect recipe for a margarita is 2 ounces tequila, 2 ounces fresh lime juice, 1 ounce Cointreau, and a tiny splash of some kind of an agave or orange juice.

Reading is a key feature in the life of every single successful person I have ever met.

I don't think fine dining is dying, but I think those rare occasions when you really want the fanciness are diminishing... I think a lot of people are going to find simpler, more casual ways to enjoy an experience.