Brussels sprouts are misunderstood - probably because most people don't know how to cook them properly.

I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.

Turkey, unlike chicken, has very elegant characteristics. It has more of a cache than chicken. Turkey is a delicacy, so it should be presented in such a way.

My favorite thing is Spaghetti with white clam sauce anywhere on the Amalfi Coast or the Tuscan Coast.

Spices are very hot, very hip. I love spices. I've always loved the Mediterranean flavors.

They want to go to the bar and eat a few snacks, have a couple of cocktails or glasses of wine, and go home. People don't sit down at the table and have a whole three or four courses.

We have a training period; we have certain guidelines and structure. You can't hire talented people and stifle them. That's not the way it works anymore.

It's wild how chefs have become like rock stars.

The only faithful tradition is change.

Humans make mistakes. They get angry, they do stupid things they're not proud of, and they hurt the people they love the most.

I talk to trees and animals. We have interesting conversations about food, weather, and love. They sometimes can predict the future.

We have come from a time of the large-scale, planned, Al Qaeda-style attacks, to the encouragement of lone wolves: Fort Hood, Chattanooga. To the encouragement of people to act on their own.

I stabbed you. With a massive sword. You caught on fire." His lips twitched, almost imperceptibly. "Okay, so maybe our problems aren't like other couples.

I'm fond of observing how obsession is the most durable form of intellectual capital.

I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because I love it!

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into the nest. He does not unearth the good that the earth contains, but He puts it in our way, and gives us the means of getting it ourselves.

Isn't it amazing how, when you strip away everything, people are so much alike?

Most ideas never happen. It's an uphill battle against the status quo and our own tendencies.