We better take care of the earth or we're gonna have shitty food, and having shitty food is no fun.

Stories--from the literature of our culture to descriptions of our days to the lunatic's ravings--appear to be hardwired into us. Even in sleep we tell ourselves stories through our dreams, and it's been shown that those who are prevented from doing so cease to function.

We better take care of the earth or we're gonna have shitty food, and having shitty food is no fun.

People, you have six senses! The last one is common! Use it!

If you could choose to master a single ingredient, no choice would teach you more about cooking than the egg. It is an end in itself; it's a multipurpose ingredient; it's an all-purpose garnish; it's an invaluable tool. The egg teaches your hands finesse and delicacy. It helps your arms develop strength and stamina. It instructs in the way proteins behave in heat and in the powerful ways we can change food mechanically. It's a lever for getting other foods to behave in great ways. Learn to take the egg to its many differing ends, and you've enlarged your culinary repertoire by a factor of ten.

I believe it's a cook's moral obligation to add more butter given the chance.

A kitchen is a good place to be, almost always the best place in the house.