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

Michigan is my antidote to Manhattan. This is where I come to relax.

You have to be generous if you want to spend your time making someone else dinner. Even if you're charging, you're still giving.

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.

I like thick or middle (spaghetti). Thin for me is always overcooked by the time I'm eating it.

My last meal? The food would be much less significant than the company.

If you're going to buy pasta, you should buy dry pasta. If you're going to make it you can make the real thing, but you shouldn't buy fresh pasta.