We're working people, and that's what we like to do, work.

If you have acid in food, you need to sugar it. At a high temperature, the acids are changed to sugar.

I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.

When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!

I opened my own restaurant when I was 17. I went broke, then traveled around the country, learning about different kinds of foods, had three other restaurants that went broke. It didn't all start just a few years ago!

One of the problems of our youth is that the family unit is broken up. When we'd sit down to dinner together as a family, we'd learn about each other. We had something people don't get today.

The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise.