Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously..

Laughing brains are more absorbent..

In the end, all journeys are spiritual. So go off the main road. Be givers of hospitality and gracious takers of it too. Accept the serendipitous mom….

I do like artfully breaking rules..

I'm too tired to hate..

Everything in food is science. The only subjective part is when you eat it..

I grill, therefore I am..

Do not allow watching food to replace making food..

Your patience will be rewarded..

Racism. It's ugly. Even in tubers..

Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charc….

It's funny, when you look back in history books or American cookery books, one of the reasons that the quinces and cranberries are used so often is b….

Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs..

Believe me, a grain is a terrible thing to waste..

What tends to happen is that people will go - they've got hot broth, you know, they've added some liquid to their drippings, they've brought that up ….

Gluttony is wrong. It's wasteful..

Flame is bad. Flame does nasty things to food. It makes soot and it makes deposits of various chemicals that are not too good for us. The last thing ….

Well, you know, when you go into a restaurant, one of the scariest things is the wine list, so whenever I'm really feeling intimidated, I'll just pic….

If you're good with a knife, you don't need your eyes..

I am a filmmaker. That is all I've ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about food..

I feel a strong wakeup call and need to build social connections..