I like anchovies, and I don't tell everybody about them. Almost every time, they don't even notice.

There's a pretty equitable distribution in the restaurant industry of how money gets paid, except for in the kitchen. The kitchen is the lowest-paid group of people.

Bologna is the best city in Italy for food and has the least number of tourists. With its medieval beauty, it has it all.

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.

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.

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

I was at a party, and some squiggly looking dude with a bow tie came up and said, 'How'd you like to be on TV?' Turns out he was the programming guy at the Food Network. They had me come into the office, and I did a 'Ready, Set, Cook' with Emeril Lagasse, I believe.