Don't use a different dish for every single ingredient. If you've got three ingredients that go in at the same time, put them all in the same plate. That way you have just one plate to dump in.

Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?

In a way that somebody else converts to Judaism or becomes a Hare Krishna, I belong to the church of fried chicken.

If any chef ever tells you they're not inspired equally by the truck-stop barbecue as they are by the four-star Michelin restaurant they are lying.

I really love fried chicken.

India's had two groovy moments. Once when the Beatles went to India and now when Madonna has embraced yoga.

I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.