In recent years, I've been writing because I'm fortunate enough to work in the world of food television, to travel and taste and learn about cooking from the best chefs in the business.

The best way to learn is live, in person, cooking, feeling, smelling and tasting, but TV is the second-best thing to that; it's a halfway facsimile.

If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.

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

Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.

The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.

Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show!