I just think that we show an awful lot of deference to chefs in our culture and maybe not enough deference to customers..

I find that the dead-end route is to try to describe what's going on in your mouth..

If you say, 'Oh, there was a little bit of acidity from the lime juice on the left side of my tongue, and then this beautiful, smooth pureed potato w….

Everybody used to say going to restaurants... is like theater, there's stage sets, there's drama, there's play acting and you watch the show. And now….

There is often with restaurant reviews in particular, I think, this kind of impulse to be deferential and bow down to the greatness of the restaurant….

I don't think I've ever met nachos that I didn't like before. It's almost inconceivable that nachos can be bad. It makes no sense..

My feeling is, if I can describe the way a steak looks on the plate, when it's just kind of juices are coming out, and it's almost alive, and just wa….