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

I just signed to do my next book with Ecco Press, a new primer or encyclopedia. This will be my take on what classic Italian cooking is.

There's a battle between what the cook thinks is high art and what the customer just wants to eat.

The Hamptons are usually filled with what I had hoped to leave behind in New York City.

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.

The difference between 'Molto Italiano' and 'The Babbo Cookbook' is that the ingredient lists in 'Molto' are about half or even a third the size. In 'Babbo,' they are very long, they are very real. That's exactly how we make them in the restaurant.

One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you're not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times.