I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with a pot.

Every season we try to do something new. And not for gimmicks. We feel the show has to evolve and keep changing.

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.

Im not a fan of grilling meat, since that tends to dry it out, and I find grill marks leave a bitter taste. A good steak house will offer different options for preparation, and I would ask them to broil or pan-roast the steak and finish it with butter. It ends up a dark chocolate color and stays very juicy.

Mushrooms can be very fancy. It's the closest you can get to eating dirt.

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.

A steak needs fat to taste great.