Give Yourself Enough Time To Really Learn

Creative Risks Will Always Outweigh Technical Mistakes.

The Hardest Thing About Being A Full Time Chef Is Leaving My Work Behind When I Go Home At Night. I'll Toss And Turn About A Menu Item Or Forget To Order Produce And Wake Up At 4 A.m. In A Cold Sweat Over Some Artichokes.

I Used To Sleep With The Phone Right By My Pillow But I'm Getting Better. Now It Sits On The Table A Few Feet Away.

I Woke Up On May 15, 1991, The Day Of My Barnard Graduation, And I Said To Myself, 'by The End Of Today You Will Decide What You Want To Do With The Rest Of Your Life.'

If I Want My Daughter To Try Something, I Eat It In Front Of Her Repeatedly Without Forcing The Issue And, With Some Trial And Error, The World Is Our Oyster!