We're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I don't think the government should ever regulate what we eat at home, but we're feeding them in school with tax dollars. Quite frankly, if my tax dollars are being spent to feed kids, I'd rather feed them better food.

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

Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key.

You have to know the classics if you want to cook modern food.

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

In New York, I'll walk down the street and someone will say, 'Nice show,' and that's it. If I'm at a food festival, it's open season.

I get angry when I think that people are blatantly incorrect on matters of fact.