If you learn a recipe, you can cook the recipe. If you learn the technique, you can cook anything..

You've always got to work to your highest ability level. When times are great and restaurants are jamming, that's when some restaurants get sloppy an….

Hitler was a vegetarian..

I think that any city created to be that over-the-top tends to be slightly inspiring, if not frightening. Vegas is all about people being amped up an….

As the competition goes further along, you start to see who's rising and who's falling..

I always tell my employees, the busier it gets, the slower you should cook. When you run around like a crazy person, that's when things go wrong..

In Cleveland, I'm so fortunate that we're surrounded by farms with an endless variety of beautiful vegetables. For me, I always eat very tightly with….

I think that's what being a chef is all about: camaraderie and teamwork. I never feel that it should be so cutthroat that you can't help the other ch….

Whats more important than recipes is how we think about food, and a good cookbook should open up a new way of doing just that..

Some of the greatest chefs in the world aren't classically trained. Thomas Keller - probably the greatest American chef ever to walk the earth - neve….

My goal in 'Live to Cook' is to make great food more approachable for home cooks..

Bacon is like a good pair of Levi's-it never goes out of style..

When it comes to cooking and eating, I always try to preach that life is about moderation. Even if I'm having beef for dinner, it's probably going to….

People come up to me all the time and say, 'Oh, I love to watch Food Network,' and I ask them what they cook, and they say, 'I don't really cook.' Th….

I make no bones about it. I have no understanding of pastry..

Sitting down for dinner not only helps you learn, but also teaches you how to listen - which I feel is the most important skill to have. I remember a….

Eating chicken without skin is like riding a bike without wheels.

I love doing demonstrations. I think to be a great chef you have to be a great teacher. I love doing classes with people who love food and enjoy food….

Go to the grocery store and buy better things. Buy quality, buy organic, buy natural, go to the farmers market. Immediately that's going to increase ….

Never let the pressure get so big that you stop cooking and being who you are. I'm going to win or lose doing my food. Because when the pressure's on….

Because I'm so known as a meat-chef, when I talk about Meatless Monday some people look at me like I've lost my mind. I'm like, look, I'm not saying ….