Bologna is the best city in Italy for food and has the least number of tourists. With its medieval beauty, it has it all.

The tradition of Italian cooking is that of the matriarch. This is the cooking of grandma. She didn't waste time thinking too much about the celery. She got the best celery she could and then she dealt with it.

I like anchovies, and I don't tell everybody about them. Almost every time, they don't even notice.

We need to figure out a 'harvest system' to collect the produce that stores don't put out for customers to buy because it's not perfect looking. Frankly, the stuff left to rot in the storeroom is more beautiful to me than the perfect carrot. I'm a gnarly carrot kind of guy.

Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything.

If I hear something's not quite going right, then I'm there quicker than if I hear something's going wrong.

You have to be generous if you want to spend your time making someone else dinner. Even if you're charging, you're still giving.