In the harrowing aftermath of Haiti's earthquake, one of the greatest needs became desperately clear: safe water.
Pot lucks are fun, especially when you encourage your guests to bring dishes that represent their families or cultures.
The avocado is native to the Mexican state of Puebla, which helps explain why it's so popular in Mexican cooking.
Many people are turned off at eating vegetarian because of the misconception that all dishes are just an arrangement of bland vegetables.
Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.
I'm always very stressed about making a new proposition every season. But in a way, it's a kind of addiction.
I think I've explained earlier on in the year that I kind of underestimated how important experience was in this series, especially when you're up against such good quality drivers.
I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy - and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time.
Never eat while doing something else, because you won't get the satisfaction from your food and you'll be more likely to overeat.
We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food is a difficult beast.
For me, I love the flavors of Southern food, and people usually think of Southern food as heavy and fattening, but it doesn't have to be.
I think at Le Cirque I learned how to make real food, which is what people crave, not just gimmicky things on a plate.
For me, the food I like to make is the food I can enjoy all the time anytime. It's not too calculated or technical.
I find that there are a lot of similarities between French and Japanese food. I think they're two countries that have really systemized their cuisine and codified it.
Like Hollywood movies, MTV and blue jeans, fast food has become one of America's major cultural exports.
Comfort food is really anything you want at that time. That said, I really love Naple-style pizza.
Sitting down and sharing a meal together combines two of my favorite loves: eating great food and talking about great food.
As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything.
Everybody has to put purees underneath everything now. It's like people think we need the steak, and then we need some baby food with it.
But, in the name of the experimental method and out of our poor knowledge, are we really entitled to claim that everything happens by chance, to the exclusion of all other possibilities?
If you're going to walk out of the house in jeans and T-shirt, what can you do to make that interesting? Is it putting on a bright-colored pair of high-tops or a cool leather jacket?
