Italian Food Is All About Ingredients And

I Grew Up So Poor In Austria That We Never Took A Vacation With My Family.

For Example, You Can Eat A Caesar Salad And Say, "wow, I Ate So Healthy Today." You Forget There Was A Quarter-cup Of Oil In There, And All The Calories Are From Fat. So It's Better If You Eat A Grilled Chicken Breast, Some Steamed Brown Rice, And A Little Salad With Balsamic Vinegar On Top.

Cooking Is Like Painting Or Writing A Song. Just As There Are Only So Many Notes Or Colors, There Are Only So Many Flavors - It's How You Combine Them That Sets You Apart.

I Love Strong Flavors Too. Like I Don't Mind If It Looks Clean And Clear And You Know What You Are Eating If It Has Italian, Chinese Or Japanese Flavor I Love Them All.

Young People Want To Be Famous Before They Know How To Cook, Before They Know How To Treat People, Before They Know What Hospitality Means. I Stayed In France For Seven Years And Austria For Three, So Before I Was A Chef Anywhere I Was Already Cooking For 10 Years.