A lot of professions happen to be male-dominated because women drop out at a certain point. It's unfortunate.

One of the first jobs I ever had was opening clams in a seafood restaurant, so I'm pretty quick at it.

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

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.

I can't deliver lines, but I can talk about food all night long.

As a chef, I had started working with groups like Share Our Strength and various local food banks in New York, raising money for hunger-related issues. And not only me, but the entire restaurant industry has been very focused on this issue.

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