I travel around and hear from so many kids. Their parents say they were always very picky but they watch the show and they want to try stuff. The show is entertainment, but I think it has done so much for the public perception of what food can be.

In an ideal world for me, school lunch would be free for everybody.

I think the patterns are set very early when the kids are young. But at the same time, there are some flavors kids just don't like.

I know how to make sausage, and now that I've seen how laws are made, I'll stick with sausage.

I dont know too many parents that want to feed their kids soda, but high-fructose corn syrup is cheap. The price of soda in 20 years has gone down 40 percent while the price of whole foods, fruits and vegetables, has gone up 40 percent and obesity goes up right along that curve.

Men with shaved heads are always better. Just ask my wife.

I think the most effective way to run a kitchen is to teach, not to just yell.