Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much juice potential for them if you do it..

I can teach a chimp how to make linguini and clams. I can't teach a chimp to dream about it and think about how great it is..

If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now..

You know, when you get your first asparagus, or your first acorn squash, or your first really good tomato of the season, those are the moments that d….

Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food..

The American Dream is ownership … a house, a car, a vacation home and, even better, your own business.

When you cut that eggplant up and you roast it in the oven and you make the tomato sauce and you put it on top, your soul is in that food, and there'….

Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available - logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients..

I think in times of bizarre strangeness, what you can and should do is spend time with your family eating lunch or dinner. And if you can do that, yo….

Any simple but delicious dish that celebrates the season and locality is what I want to be known for..

You have to live life to its full chorizo..

Bologna is the best city in Italy for food and has the least number of tourists. With its medieval beauty, it has it all..

Larousse Gastronomique is a veritable dictionary of cooking terms for the French kitchen. If a chef were allowed only one book, this would have to be….

The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it..

Close your eyes and place your finger on a map. Wherever it lands, that's the theme of the evening. So many times we settle for routine dishes. This ….

Food, like most things, is best when left to its own simple beauty..

There's a battle between what the cook thinks is high art and what the customer just wants to eat..

Find something you love, because if you love what you do, you'll never spend a day at work..

One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you're not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times..

Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to eat. It is something to find or hunt or cultiv….

Recipes are just descriptions of one person’s take on one moment in time. They’re not rules..