I had great schooling, and my parents were always in front of me, or next to me, or behind me, making sure I had whatever I needed.
I hate to say 'chain restaurant,' but we're sort of a corporation now. How do we defy that concept, where people assume each restaurant can't be good?
California is lucky, the East Coast is lucky because we get great seafood and a lot of produce from Florida, locally in good weather, but in the winter we have to buy it.
I always watched movies and rooted for the bad guys, you know? I've always been that kind of guy. I still hold some respect for criminals that are good at their jobs.
I have a crusade against fondant, also shortening. There's no reason why wedding cakes can't taste good if you know what you're doing.
My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
God is not upset that Gandhi was not a Christian, because God is not a Christian! All of God's children and their different faiths help us to realize the immensity of God.
In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.
For Christians, who believe they are created in the image of God, it is the Godhead, diversity in unity and the three-in-oneness of God, which we and all creation reflect.
The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born in a rarified realm where no researcher has ever gone before.
I love to roast vegetables - carrots, fennel, and so on. I also love to mash or puree pretty much any vegetable!
In my fantasy I was always the savior. I would come to Peanuts land and save everybody. Charlie Brown would fall madly in love with me. Peppermint Patty was so jealous.
I'm never going to be a modern gal. I love colonial. I love early American. I love a big rectangular piece of brown furniture on a hardwood floor.
I love hospitality, and I love cooking. The kitchen is where I feel most at ease and where I feel most like myself.
I don't think I have an obsession, however I do eat chocolate every day.
When you are 25, 30, you know, you have no responsibility, no mortgage, no kids, no retirement to think about, nothing.
I don't care if you're doing haute cuisine or burgers and pizza, just do it right.
Are you a devil?" "I am a man," answered Father Brown gravely; "and therefore have all devils in my heart.
Keeping your space clean is as much a part of the end result as the dish being tasty.
I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity.
I believe that there are no mistakes in the universe, so I think it all happens as it should!
