Doing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with the artist, y….

I listen a lot to how people speak. I've read a great many good books in my life. I had some excellent English teachers. Surely, those things were he….

What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies are in next season, that's what's on your p….

You know, from age 17 on, my paycheck was coming from cooking and working in kitchens..

I'm not trying to explain other cultures, or to give a fair and balanced account of a country, or the top ten things you need to know. I'm not trying….

I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times..

It's very rarely a good career move to have a conscience..

I think there's a tendency to over-jack and over-umami food these days..

I'd love to play bass with Parliament Funkadelic, but I can't play bass, so I don't think that's going to happen..

I am very much enjoying the fatherhood phase of my life..

I’ve been really fortunate in that I guess I was hired to do A Cook’s Tour, I was already a known quantity, meaning I had written a really obnoxious ….

When I was writing 'Kitchen Confidential,' I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years behind on my taxes, I had never owned my ow….

I am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It’s an unpardonable sin as far as I’m concerned, taking out person….

It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu, for instance, seem to demand silence, like a lo….

On the plane, I like to read fiction set in the location I'm going to. Fiction is in many ways more useful than a guidebook, because it gives you tho….

If I were trapped in one city and had to eat one nation's cuisine for the rest of my life, I would not mind eating Japanese. I adore Japanese food. I….

People's choice to become vegan, from people I've spoken to, seems motivated by fear..

There is no other place on earth even remotely like New Orleans. Don't even try to compare it to anywhere else..

I admire vegetarians who refuse to eat nothing but vegetables in their homes, but I also admire those who put aside those principles or those prefere….

I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a con….

I'm definitely looking forward to the day when I stop working - if I ever stop working. I like the idea of keeling over in my tomato vines in Sardini….