Whenever people are faced with any sort of adversity... they tend to gravitate toward things that make them comfortable, and things that they feel are important.
When people around me are getting rattled, I may just close my eyes and do a breathing exercise.
You're much better off to buy fresh fish from a market as opposed to buying something that's been frozen and processed and covered in breadcrumbs.
Stay away from restaurants that have menus in five languages. That's always a tourist trap. You want to eat where the locals eat.
I'd like to play a mixture of Lucille Ball meets Murphy Brown meets Glenn Close on 'Damages,' to keep a little bit of the darkness in there. I like dark comedy a lot.
Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.
A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight.
I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen in restaurants.
I graduated from Brown in 2001, moved to New York, and spent a year and a half just looking up 'Backstage' magazine auditions and grinding.
Someone once threw me a small, brown, hairy kiwi fruit, and I threw a wastebasket over it until it was dead.
As there has been given, dreams are of different natures, and have their inception from influences either in the body, in the mind, or from the realm of activity without the body through the desires and purposes of the soul itself.
James Brown was one of the first artists who found four bars that he liked and played them the entire way through, and then he just added to it vocally.
For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself. Rita Mae Brown
Restaurants stress the protein. People read menu items left to right, with the protein first. I read descriptions right to left.
I would never talk bad about anybody, even if they have something derogatory to say about me. I'm the bigger person.
No one knew I was gay growing up but I was bullied. I was a cheerleader, fairly popular and considered straight.
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.
