I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless.

I wait for the next opportunity to have something to do with food. If I get rested, my mind just starts creating new dishes - click, click, click.

Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since.

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.

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

I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers.

What I think and what the world thinks is totally different.