I Wasn't Passionate About Food Until I'd

I Think Everybody At Some Point In Time Has Thought To Themselves, "i Have A Really Great Idea For A Restaurant."

'the Food Network' Was Just Starting In New York, And I Was Getting Lots Of Attention From Mesa Grill. They Had No Money, So If You Couldn't Get There By Subway, You Couldn't Be On. It Wasn't Like Tv Was Something I Really Wanted To Do - But I Knew It Would Be Great Publicity For My Restaurants.

Basically, There Are Two Things We Know: Everybody Has Less Time, And The General Public Is Demanding Better Food - Better In Terms Of Quality And Better In Terms Of Flavor.

Grilling Takes The Formality Out Of Entertaining. Everyone Wants To Get Involved.

I Seem To Respond Most To Places That Are More Cosmopolitan Because Of My Manhattan Upbringing. Some Of The Major International Cities I've Visited, Like Madrid, Rome And London, Have A Lot Of Similarities And "new York" Elements While ... Having Their Own Flavor.