Good food is a good trend.

I wanted to write about what we were doing at the French Laundry, the recipes and the stories.

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.

My childhood wasn't full of wonderful culinary memories.

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

I like to drink young wines, wines which are robust and have a lot of forward fruit to them.

I have no formal culinary training, right.