At 15, I Had To Choose A

A Lot Of Foreign People Say, When Asking About Eating Habits, 'what Is Your Guilty Pleasure?' I Have No Guilt. Whatever I Do, I Enjoy And It's The Point. I Think If You Start To Feel Guilty About It, That's A Problem. So, No Guilty Pleasures. I Have Pleasure And No Guilt At All.

Cooking Is A Holistic Process Of Planning, Preparing, Dining And Sharing Food. I Place Food At The Center Of Our Humanity, As It Nourishes Not Only Our Physical Bodies But Also Our Emotional And Spiritual Lives. Food Is Truly A Cultural Phenomenon That Informs Our Traditions And Our Relationship With The Earth. I Genuinely Believe That Food Connects Us All.

For Me, Food Is About Memories, Feelings, Emotions, And So Is Le Bernardin, And That's Why It's Not Just A Restaurant.

Obviously California Is Fantastic In Terms Of Produce, Vegetables.

It Was My First Day Working At Tour D'argent, A Famous Restaurant In Paris, In 1982, And They Were Celebrating Their 400th Anniversary. I Am In The Fish Station And After Many Mistakes, Including Cutting Myself After 30 Seconds In That Kitchen, The Chef Said, "make A Hollandaise Sauce With 32 Yolks." It Takes Me Forever To Separate The Yolks From The Whites, And I Put Them In A Bowl And Try To Go Close To The Stove, But The Stove Is Way Too Hot For Me.