Cook Ingredients That You Are Used To

My Contribution I Hope Is To Get People To Eat Full-flavored Food. If I Could Come Away With That Alone, That Would Be A Fantastic Accomplishment. I'm Also Very Proud Of Being A Very American Chef.

Today, When I Hire, I Look For People Who Want To Be Trained And Molded.

Habaneros Have A Great Fruity Flavor, But The Challenge Is That You Have To Deflect The Heat In Order To Taste The Flavor. If You Don't, You're Dead. They Should Really Have A Warning Sign On Them. Deflect The Habanero's Heat By Pairing It With Sweet Food.

I Wasn't Passionate About Food Until I'd Been Cooking For A While. I Started Long Before Food Became Part Of The Mainstream Media. I Just Wanted To Cook, Period.

I Was Hired As A Sous-chef At A Restaurant On The Upper East Side. The Chef Liked To Drink - Some Mornings We Would Find Him Sleeping. Two Weeks After Its Opening, I Became The Chef. I Was 20 Years Old, And Way Over My Head. I Had To Hire The Cooks And Do The Menus.