I couldn't imagine a more unreliable, more unprofitable way to make a living than writing. My advice? Show up, do the best you can. Keep your day job….

Unlicensed hooch from a stranger in a parking lot. Good idea? Yes, of course it is..

Wholesome food is wholesome food anywhere. I may not like something but, generally speaking, if it's a busy, street food stall serving mystery meat i….

It's as if Japanese men, all to aware that deep inside they'd like to stomp Tokyo flat, breathe fire, and do truly terrible and disgusting things to ….

You have an impeccable argument if you said that Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo are food capitals. They have a maximum amount of great stuff to eat ….

When I cook, I generally stick with what I know, what I'm comfortable with, and what I feel I've paid my dues learning, and am good at..

I'd never done anything useful as far as my writing..

I love bacon, but I don't think we need it on everything..

I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing..

I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport - would never do it and don't like it that others do. But if you kill it, then eat it, it'….

I have the best job in the world..

And now to sleep, to dream...perchance to fart..

I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make them good books..

I, personally, think there is a really danger of taking food too seriously. Food should be part of the bigger picture..

Venezuela is another place I'd like very much to go, which is proving very difficult. I have not been there to make a show and I'd like to, very much..

No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American..

That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund..

I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really admirable..

Chefs are fond of hyperbole, so they can certainly talk that way. But on the whole, I think they probably have a more open mind than most people..

It's that show Friends. Ruined coffee forever..