I Cooked At The White House For

When You'd Get A Note From Someone, The Government, It Meant Something Was Wrong. This Was The Way It Was. Just Goes To Show You The Way That Being A Chef Has Changed, You Know - Being On The Bottom Of The Social Scale And Now Being What We Are, It's Incredible, It's Terrific.

The Menus That Remain, For Me, Are Really The Menus That You Have With Your Good Friends, With Your Wife, With Your Mother, With Your Kids. These Are What Stay In Your Mind.

My Palate Is Simpler Than It Used To Be. A Young Chef Adds And Adds And Adds To The Plate. As You Get Older, You Start To Take Away.

I Say: If You Don't Know How To Cook, I'm Sure You Have At Least One Friend Who Knows How To Cook. Well, Call That Friend And Say, 'can I Come Next Time And Can I Bring Some Food And Can I Come An Hour Or Two Hours Ahead And Watch You And Help You?'

It's More Useful To Have Knowledge About Cuts Of Meat Than A Lot Of Money.