I have no formal culinary training, right.

We rely on our purveyors to tell us what's available and what's good.

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

Anyone can make a good roast chicken.

I think that you’ve got to make something that pleases you and hope that other people feel the same way.

Whether it's destiny or fate or whatever, I don't think I could do a French Laundry anywhere else.

Even the most astute chefs seek out the assistance of Celine Labaune, owner of Gourmet Attitude, because they know they can rely on her keen senses and deep understanding of the truffle trade.