Just because you eat doesn't mean you eat smart. It's hard to beat a $1.99 wing pack of three at a fast-food restaurant - it's so cheap - but that wing pack isn't feeding anyone, it's just pushing hunger back an hour.

I don't think fine dining is dying, but I think those rare occasions when you really want the fanciness are diminishing... I think a lot of people are going to find simpler, more casual ways to enjoy an experience.

If I hear something's not quite going right, then I'm there quicker than if I hear something's going wrong.

There's a battle between what the cook thinks is high art and what the customer just wants to eat.

I don't put cream in any pasta noodles ever. I would use a little butter, but I don't ever use cream.

The Chinese five-spice works really well in the quantity that I used. It makes it almost imperceptibly just a little bit sweeter without making it really sweet or really even that Asian flavored.

I put hibiscus flower in every cup of tea I have. It's sweet, sexy, and cleansing.