I use the confit principle for chicken thighs. I season them with herbs and garlic, let them marinate, and then cook them in chicken fat.
I do not believe in eating fish hot. People always insist on hot fish, but that leaves it dried out.
Lots of the cooking classes open to non-professionals are too low-level for experienced foodies, or don't offer enough hands-on training.
We could eliminate sugar across the board for all confectionary products and sodas, and we can replace it with all-natural fresh fruit.
My wife and I are always concerned about how long it's going to take to eat out. You just don't know.
My palate is simpler than it used to be. A young chef adds and adds and adds to the plate. As you get older, you start to take away.
I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.
I have real admiration for chefs who can maintain an edge and find new inspiration in their cooking after many years.
That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.
Any processed chicken from any place - I'll order it in a heartbeat. I'm very picky about my pork, though.
If people ask me, 'What do you think could improve in Toronto dining,' I'd say there's nothing to improve on.
Don't even get me started. I'm not against all vegetarians. But if you're a vegetarian for ethical reasons, you may be causing more harm.
I look forward to the spring vegetables because the season is so short. Mushrooms, edible foraged herbs, wild leeks, early season asparagus.
If you ask what people say what American cuisine is, they cannot really do it. I don't know what it is.
Nirvana was like that- Nirvana was like the only band to come out of that- it was like the same thing, Seattle was like this whole scene and it was like this big scene that was thrust upon America.
People are trying to live freely outside of, or within a system that maybe for them on a day-to-day level isn't as free... I definitely think we're positively orientated.
We like where we live and we wanna participate in our neighbourhoods and communities and stuff and try to- we're not like benevolent- it's pretty basic.
You look at the fact that for millions of years species on earth have been developing and we've been knocking them off at like a hundred a day.
Exercise is like an old friend: You may not be able to see that friend all the time, but you're not mad when you see them, you're happy, and you get right back into it.
Reviewers are certainly entitled to their own opinions. I've become buddies with enough writers and directors, and to be perfectly honest, the ones that have lasted a long time don't pay a lot of attention to the reviews.
When I see someone who has responsibilities, most of the time I can pinpoint that person because of the way he carries himself.
