Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to eat. It is something to find or hunt or cultivate first of all.

Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much juice potential for them if you do it.

The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family.

Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast.

Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.

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.

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.