A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.

Confit is the ultimate comfort food, and trendy or not, it is dazzling stuff.

Using lots of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables, helps to keep the menu buoyant - I don't know if that's the right word, but it keeps a balance of freshness and health.

I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it.

To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.

Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.

But all that being said about modulation, if you're serving people delicious food, they won't complain.

I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.

I'm a serious eater and a seriously hungry person, so I set out on that path to figure it out for myself, and of course it really resonated with other people.

You don't have to stick with these recipes. They're guides. As I say, they're a way in. Have fun with them. It's an easier way to cook in a busy life, once you get the hang of it.

I was aiming for the cooks that I've talked to by teaching an online course and by traveling, listening to people who are really busy and harried but want to be cooking.

Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.

There shall be no need to pretend. You shall be replaced. Indeed, I will erase you. Quite easily, I assure you. --Ivy Kinley

Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.

Having no talent is no longer enough.

It's funny when people debate about music, because they get so passionate about what they enjoy.

You're just full of awesome; did you know that?

I hope they invent a machine in which you type in the age you want to be, and it lifts and separates everything nonsurgically.

I've always really made my living in television. Television has always been so good to me.