They know what my standards are. They know what I need and how to get it to me, and they know how to communicate with me if for some reason they can'….

I think that's the important thing - being aware of that inspiration and being able to interpret it into something that's meaningful for you..

I guess the main source of stress for me is the stress I put on myself..

A cookbook must have recipes, but it shouldn't be a blueprint. It should be more inspirational; it should be a guide..

Let's face it: if you and I have the same capabilities, the same energy, the same staff, if the only thing that's different between you and me is the….

You have to be driven. You have to be focused. You have to be aware..

Food is such an important part of our lives, and sometimes we tend to diminish the importance of that, because we rely on conveniences or because our….

Respect for food is respect for life, for who we are and what we do..

Repetition is the mother of perfection. If there is true perfection, it's about doing something over and over again. I truly think that if somebody d….

Its not about passion. Passion is something that we tend to overemphasize, that we certainly place too much importance on. Passion ebbs and flows. To….

Success is measured by the memories you create..

Any job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again..

This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the munda….

When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfect….

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe..

Cooking is not about convenience and it's not about shortcuts. Our hunger for the twenty-minute gourmet meal, for one-pot ease and prewashed, precut ….

Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookboo….

I can make dough in a machine faster than I can make it by hand, but I want to make it by hand, because I want to remember the way it feels. It's so ….

For me, thats one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today..

And don't forget music - music in the kitchen is an essential ingredient!.

Good food is a good trend..