A cookbook must have recipes, but it shouldn't be a blueprint. It should be more inspirational; it should be a guide.

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

I think that's the important thing - being aware of that inspiration and being able to interpret it into something that's meaningful for you.

I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me.

I drank more wine when I wasn't working as much, to be honest.

One of the problems with writing a cookbook is that recipes exist in the moment.

Cooking is not about convenience and it's not about shortcuts. Our hunger for the twenty-minute gourmet meal, for one-pot ease and prewashed, precut ingredients has severed our lifeline to the satisfactions of cooking. Take your time. Take a long time. Move slowly and deliberately and with great attention.