A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service.

The most important thing for me is to really buy the best ingredient.

America has undergone a total food and wine revolution.

There's a lot of processed food in America and I know that can make some tourists who're used to fresh food feel sick.

I think the time of the formal dinners is over.

I want to teach people how to do it the right way. And it is from that they can teach their children how to do it properly. It will teach them how to cook better and healthier at home.

Television in the '80s was very limited. There was no Food Network. When I opened Spago, I had the kitchen in the dining hall. It was probably the first restaurant to do so. The dining scene became more casual. All these cooking shows have transformed our profession one-hundred percent.