Find something you love, because if you love what you do, you'll never spend a day at work.

I obsess everyday about everything. Not only about what we do well but what we can do better... In the end, the only reason I am motivated to do what I do is for the hedonistic pleasures of the table.

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.

The Gulf Coast has the potential to create a culinary raw ingredient paradise that smart cooks can capitalize on.

My kids and I make pasta three days a week now. It's not even so much about the eating of it; they just like the process. Benno is the stuffer, and Leo is the catcher. They've got their jobs down.

I'm pretty confident that the seafood from the Northeastern Atlantic is one of the most delicious and unique in the country, so that we can represent that in a way that the Italians like to represent things.

I really want to be a rock star.