Stay away from iodized table salt. It's just bad and doesn't help food taste good.

I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family.

I want to teach [people] the secret of great visual presentation. Your stomach sees the food first, and I want to help them match food flavor profiles with the aesthetics of everything.

I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty.

I won't quit my day job. I like restaurants. I don't do a lot of television, either, even though people come to me with projects all the time. I have to spend time in the kitchen.

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.

When you meet someone, ask about what hobby they have, not what they do. People always ask me about cooking, but I prefer to talk about tennis or boxing.