If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you ….

If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to whi….

As you move through this life...you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you..

My daughter takes pride in showing up with stuff that other kids envy or are freaked out by, so I send her to school with grilled octopus..

I'm a control freak. If you're going to slap my name on something, I would like to control it..

They're professionals at this in Russia, so no matter how many Jell-O shots or Jager shooters you might have downed at college mixers, no matter how ….

I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you..

Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, li….

The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as an exper….

I could eat bloody Elvis - if you put enough vinegar on him..

I'm a guy who should not have a lot of free time. But when it comes to vacation, I like to pull the plug completely. It's all about my daughter - I'm….

I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective..

Always entertain the possibility that something, no matter how squiggly and scary looking, might just be good..

For me, the cooking life has been a long love affair, with moments both sublime and ridiculous..

Very few restaurant workers could even dream of eating in the restaurants they work in. Many do not make a living wage..

[George] Orwell's essays. It's got it all. Great writing, a worldview that I find interesting and useful, and most of it timelessly true..

The journey is part of the experience - an expression of the seriousness of one's intent. One doesn't take the A train to Mecca..

Only Texans and Jews understand brisket.

I feel that if Jacques Pepin shows you how to make an omelet, the matter is pretty much settled. That's God talking..

I'm really happy to see the explosion of interest in Korean food, and this hybrid Korean-American food..

I make friends faster and easier than journalists..