Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.
Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.
I like complicated dishes but also appreciate simple foods.
When designing a kitchen, always keep in mind the social aspect.
I had always been told cooking was a servant's job.
There is no conflict between a better meal and a better world.
My aunts still try to fatten me up.
I think there will be more smiles when the smoke clears.
I make no bones about it. I have no understanding of pastry.
Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything.
To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.
Characters who experience great trauma will sometimes create an escape.
I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
It's a challenge to demonstrate that you can prepare some really interesting food with humble ingredients.
The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it.
Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast.
I don't know if you call a burger 'recession food.' It's comfort food.
My goal in 'Live to Cook' is to make great food more approachable for home cooks.
Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.
When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.
