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

Its not about passion. Passion is something that we tend to overemphasize, that we certainly place too much importance on. Passion ebbs and flows. To me, it's about desire. If you have constant, unwavering desire to be a cook, then u'll be a great cook.

I have no formal culinary training, right.

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

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

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

With passion, if you see the first asparagus of the springtime and you become passionate about it, so much the better, but three weeks later, when you’ve seen that asparagus every day now, passions have subsided. What’s going to make you treat the asparagus the same? It’s the desire.