I am happiest when I am with my wife, Susi, and our two boys exploring and loving something for the first time.

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

All the information you could want is constantly streaming at you like a runaway truck - books, newspaper stories, Web sites, apps, how-to videos, this article you're reading, even entire magazines devoted to single subjects like charcuterie or wedding cakes or pickles.

Look at cookbooks with your kids and ask them what sounds good.

Any simple but delicious dish that celebrates the season and locality is what I want to be known for.

Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available - logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients.

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