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Who needs one more chef in one more building with four walls and a kitchen?
I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking.
You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.
I'm a big fan of featuring all of the local shellfish and seafood provided.
Los Angeles is my home - I have my wife and two daughters growing up there.
In mainstream media, everything gets turned into a stereotype of ourselves.
There is something timeless and beautiful about cooking straight to camera.
I think if you can take one or two things from a cookbook, it's successful.
A kaiseki meal is like that, very small courses over a long period of time.
Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations.
I like all cheese, but my guiltiest pleasure is definitely American cheese.
Dinner parties are still highly popular, and I believe they always will be.
If you can't taste an ingredient, you have to ask yourself why it is there.
There is nothing like a good old recipe. If it has lasted, then it is good.
I don't show just anyone how to crust a sea bass. That's sacred information.
Always explore your garden and go to the market before you decide what cook.
Grass-fed cattle are leaner. But it's not true that they are less flavorful.
I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing.
The Italians seem to have a better attitude with kids and the food is great!
Even on the Serengeti, it ain't a barbecue if there ain't some kind of beer.
I'm a sucker for a packet of biscuits. I can eat a whole pack in 10 minutes.
I want to go to college and go back to Georgetown. It's a really cool place.
Cuisine is only about making foods taste the way they are supposed to taste.
My parents couldn't be looser. It was the ultimate laissez faire upbringing.
My American home is L.A., which is the ultimate city for 365 days of summer.
You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.
There is not one thing we can do to fix the problem, it has to be an ambush!
Charitable giving in the United States has remained at 2% of GDP since 1970.
Old cookbooks connect you to your past and explain the history of the world.
Peace and happiness, begin, geographically, where garlic is used in cooking.
My favourite dinner is a cup of tea and a ham sandwich with English mustard.
Hard work IS its own reward. Integrity IS priceless. Art DOES feed the soul.
I hate okra and grated mountain yam for the same reason. They're both slimy.
A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service.
Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.
When it comes to the battle of the molluscs, cephalopods win tentacles down.
The planets resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.
When I'm in Paris, my favorite market is the Marche Raspail on the Left Bank.
I believe that cuisine is the most important link between nature and culture.
Food isn't like anything else. It's something precious. It's not a commodity.
The idea that you have to pursue greatness... it's up to you; it's your life.
I learned so much more prepping vegetables than I ever did in cooking school.
If somebody has a chance to put my food in their mouth, that tells the story.
Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with being fair.
Long Island for me, it's producing more chefs coming out of there than Paris.
It is true thrift to use the best ingredients available and to waste nothing.
If you have never tasted a braised vegetable, you'll find it is a revelation.
It's not the extremes and the treats that are the problem. It's the everyday.
Cotton candy is the most amazing form of caramelization ever invented by man.
The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.