Any job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again.

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

Good food is a good trend.

My childhood wasn't full of wonderful culinary memories.

My favorite wines are Zinfandels.

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

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.