A Steak Needs Fat To Taste Great.

It's My Belief That Cooking Is A Craft. I Think That You Can Push It Into The Realm Of Art, But It Starts With Craft. It Starts With An Understanding Of Materials. It Starts With An Understanding Of Where Foods Are Grown.

This Is What People Don't Understand: Obesity Is A Symptom Of Poverty. It's Not A Lifestyle Choice Where People Are Just Eating And Not Exercising. It's Because Kids - And This Is The Problem With School Lunch Right Now - Are Getting Sugar, Fat, Empty Calories - Lots Of Calories - But No Nutrition.

Too Often, Chefs Just Want To Experiment - They Want To Use Liquid Nitrogen Before They Know How To Use Heat.

I Call All Chefs Cooks. They're All Cooks. That's What We Do, We Cook. You're A Chef When You're Running A Kitchen.

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.