The world is full of people who would like nothing better than to spend six hours on a golf course. I would rather be chopping shallots.

You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame.

Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal.

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a good story, it has to be funny, and it also needs to be packed with useful information.

I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.

I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to new cuisines and to the idea of cooking as a mechanism for studying other cultures and understanding other parts of the world.

I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.