We didn't do wrong things because we didn't want to embarrass our parents.

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

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

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 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!

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

I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines.