At the end of a dinner at my house, my kitchen sink is filled with dishes and there's nothing pretty about the garbage..

Having been a chef for some many years, I understand what it's like to work really, really hard to get good at something, only to have someone piss a….

One of life's terrible truths is that women like guys who seem to know what they're doing..

Writing anything is a treason of sorts..

Recognise excellence. Celebrate weirdness and innovation. Oddballs should be cherished, if they can do something other people can't do..

Margarine? That's not food. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter? I can. If you're planning on using margarine in anything, you can stop reading now, beca….

I can unload my opinion on anybody at anytime..

You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese..

Most of the time, I'm fighting guys who are 22 years old, former college wrestlers, athletes, kids who are in much better shape than me. Often people….

We know, for instance, that there is a direct, inverse relationship between frequency of family meals and social problems. Bluntly stated, members of….

Those places I don't understand, just doing bad food. It takes some doing. Making good pasta is so much easier than making bad stuff. It actually tak….

If I'm training I'm cutting weight for a competition. I'm hard. I'm pretty much eating animal protein and that's it. No rice, no beans, certainly no ….

To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living..

I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that..

I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and….

Food is so personal - I mean someone is talking to you when people are cooking for you. I like to hear an identifiable voice..

Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through..

My mom had Julia Child and 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook' on top of the refrigerator, and she had a small repertoire of French dishes..

Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons?.

In college, I think I probably positioned myself as an aspiring writer, meaning I dressed sort of extravagantly and adopted all the semi-Byronic affe….

I do my very best to avoid shark fin..