Everyone tries to compare cooks to rock stars. I see more comparisons to the fashion world.
The process and organization leading up to cooking the egg can tell you a lot about the cook.
Momofuku is not me. It's everyone. I'm just the facade. We have to exceed expectations and be our harshest critics.
Law breaking, graffiti artist, dumb jock that I am, I'm pretty socially conscious.
Don't be afraid to adapt new ingredients into your own techniques, and traditional ingredients into new recipes.
I was raised in a mostly white neighborhood. I was this little white girl jamming out to Ella Fitzgerald and Bobby Brown.
Max Cherry: Is white guilt supposed to make me forget that I run a business?
But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there.
I lived across the street from Noodle Bar. I could barely stand it, because you're there all the time; you can't get away.
Laura Brown: It's a terrible thing, to outlive your entire family.
Mrs. Brown: Go ahead, Christy. Make your mark.
Columbus: Hey, this may be a bad time, but I gotta take the Browns to the Super Bowl.
We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.
It is an abuse of power, when you are President of the United States, to use the White House to single out a single news organization, and castigate them and try to delegitimize them.
I tell people my only successful long-term relationship was with Jim Packard. He was my rock. I didn't realize how codependent I was.
It's important for me to treat a girlfriend with respect. My mum would be horrified if I behaved any differently - and I have sisters, and would hate for them to be treated badly by guys.
All the traditional STEM fields, the science, technology, engineering, and math fields, are stoked when you dream big in an agency such as NASA.
I wanted everything. What could you not want when you are brown and Indian-looking in a society in which the white aesthetic is praised as acceptable?
I'm an American chef. I'm American. I live here. I love being here. But, of course, it is different. A black man's journey is different.
Every day, whether I am teaching or entertaining - I absolutely love bringing different people and cultures together.
