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

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

There are two activities in life in which we can lovingly and carefully put something inside of someone we love. Cooking is the one we can do three times a day for the rest of our lives, without pills. In both activities, practice makes perfect.

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

I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.

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

Every Super Bowl, I do different food each quarter from each of the hometowns of the teams competing. So I’m always hoping for cities with a gastronomic soul—not so much Indianapolis or Denver, right? For halftime we have New York hot dogs from Papaya Dog. And at the end of the game I’ve chosen a dessert based on who I think is going to win.