I Spent A Lot Of Time On

Those Other 10 O'clock Shows That Come On, All You Get From Them Is Headaches And Nightmares When You Go To Bed! At Least We Give You Food, Know What I Mean?

You Have To Be Cautious Of Eating Continuously The Same Thing. Beef Comes To Mind Right Away, And There's Nothing Wrong With Beef, But You've Got To Do Whatever You're Doing In Moderation. So Try To Break It Up A Little Bit. Eat Some Fish Or Some Shellfish At Least A Couple Of Times A Week.

I Mean, If You Love What You Do-whether You're An Auto Mechanic Or You Sew Clothes Or You Cook-it's All About Personal Passion And Love That Really Makes The Thrust To The Level That You Want To Get It To.

I Was On The Board Of Andre Agassi's Foundation, And Seeing The Way It Operated Blew My Mind. In 2002, I Told My Wife, I Want To Start A Foundation To Give Back, I Want It To Be For Kids In Hard Circumstances, And I Want It To Be Culinary-driven, Because That's Who I Am.

My Inspiration Was My Mom. She's A Great Cook, And She Still Cooks, And We Still Banter Back And Forth About Cooking. Growing Up In A Mostly Portuguese Community, Food Was Important And The Family Table Was Extremely Important. At A Very Young Age I Understood That.