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.

Repetition is the mother of perfection. If there is true perfection, it's about doing something over and over again. I truly think that if somebody does a recipe they've never done before and gets it right, they're probably more lucky than they are talented.

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.

My childhood wasn't full of wonderful culinary memories.

I didnt want to be encumbered by what anyone elses abilities were, their equipment or environment or their ability to get certain products.

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.