I don't think you could have a 7 with a manual. But I can't see having a BMW sports sedan without a manual.

Let's face it: if you and I have the same capabilities, the same energy, the same staff, if the only thing that's different between you and me is the products we can get, and I can get a better product than you, I'm going to be a better chef.

And don't forget music - music in the kitchen is an essential ingredient!

Some of the recipes in the book have evolved for us. Many haven't.

Vegetables to me are - I don't want to say the most exciting part of cooking, but certainly a very exciting part of cooking, because they continue to change. They come into season and they go through different phases.

Anyone can make a good roast chicken.

They know what my standards are. They know what I need and how to get it to me, and they know how to communicate with me if for some reason they can't get it.