I'm not a slave driver or a yeller. I was yelled at in kitchens and other workplaces..

The stubby French painter Toulouse-Lautrec supposedly invented chocolate mousse - I find that rather hard to believe, but there you have it..

I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles….

I would have bacteria and, yeah, it would grow in what we call the danger zone, which is typically between 40 and 140. But if I'm getting something o….

I became a cook so I could cook and tell stories in wacky ways..

The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so I am very frustrating to work with..

A balanced diet may be the best medicine. I was eating too much good eats. But people consider that part of your job, you know? Eat. And I do!.

I grill almost all of my fish with the skin on because that gives you real protection at least on one side. It's a nice barrier against super high he….

I feel like being on Broadway will convince my mother that my theater degree was worth it..

A home cook who relies too much on a recipe is sort of like a pilot who reads the plane's instruction manual while flying..

Laminated Lettuce ... perfect for holiday gift giving..

So on one hand, honey is an amazingly sophisticated and efficient food source. On the other hand, it's bee backwash..

Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world that went from an agricultural product to being manufactured..

I'm like a really goofy home ec teacher..

I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy - and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time..

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, a….

Last year, I made a refrigerator in my basement. And I needed to because I needed to figure how - you know there is no such thing as 'cold.' There is….

Butter typically melts around, you know, 90 Fahrenheit, as opposed to about 20 degrees higher for lard. So what that means is that when you're workin….

The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and managed to get on, um, working on music videos f….

The skin is forming because of proteins, just like if you cook milk or anything else that's got a coagulant protein in it..

I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody..