The Restaurant Industry Is Brutal.

When You Start At Catering College, Nobody Prepares You For A Book Tour Or Public Speaking.

There Is No Conflict Between A Better Meal And A Better World.

21 Years Ago When I Started Cooking, To Be A Cook Meant That You Were Going To Stay In The Basement. Being A Chef, You Would Never Be On A Book Tour. You Could Never Dream That 20 Years Later On You Would Be On A Book Tour. It Wasn't A Part Of Your Dreams Because It Was Just Totally Unrealistic. When Did Cooks - Restaurant Cooks, Not Cooks That Have 15,000 Television Shows - When Did Cooks Become Part Of Pop Culture The Way They Are?

If You See How A Plant Grows And You Taste It In Situ You Have A Perfect Example Of How It Should Taste On The Plate.

I've Never Had Anything But The Freedom To Do What I Wanted Just As Long As It Made Me Happy.