'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.'

I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if you're going out for one, that isn't the time to scrimp on calories or quality.

A steak needs fat to taste great.

Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key.

I call all chefs cooks. They're all cooks. That's what we do, we cook. You're a chef when you're running a kitchen.

Every chef should have an understanding of pastries or desserts.

I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with a pot.

I think the most effective way to run a kitchen is to teach, not to just yell.

In an ideal world for me, school lunch would be free for everybody.

Once you have your basics down, you can start breaking the rules.

I hate okra and grated mountain yam for the same reason. They're both slimy.

I’m alive, ” he groaned. “But I’m not doing a very good job of it.

Stories worked much the same way…A false note at the beginning was much more costly than one nearer the end because early errors were part of the foundation.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

I'm here as a product of process of evolution, which doesn't make very many exceptions. And which rates life relatively cheaply.

But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work.

Tell me, Kitten.” That deep, smooth voice brushed over me like a physical caress. “Shall I leave now, or wait until later?

When everyone thinks alike, there isn't much thinking taking place. Get out when you can, not when you have to.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

I don't know that I'm going to entirely do cloth diapers. I'd like to be ambitious about it, but in all honesty, I can't say that I will.

The idea of being a character who is kind of isolated, I can relate to that.