This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.

One of the problems with writing a cookbook is that recipes exist in the moment.

But once in a while you might see me at In and Out Burger; they make the best fast food hamburgers around.

For me, thats one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today.

I think if you can take one or two things from a cookbook, it's successful.

Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookbook anymore.

This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.