Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much juice potential for them if you do it.

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.

Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much juice potential for them if you do it.

Food is much better off the hand than the fork.

I think in times of bizarre strangeness, what you can and should do is spend time with your family eating lunch or dinner. And if you can do that, you will restore us to the peace.

You have to live life to its full chorizo.

If you could learn how to make a perfect lemon tart then you got a story. If you don't feel like that, make a perfect chocolate chip cookie, but have five go-to dishes like that and you can move them around, change them up just a little bit, and always have something in the can.