Classics can be phenomenal when done right. A simple roast chicken dish could be the best thing you ever eat.

Pasta is the one food I can't live without. It's the food I eat to fuel my running.

Carbs - especially pasta - are the fuel my body needs to maintain an athletic lifestyle.

The pressure, the heat, the almost impossibly fast pace at which you need work - this is the reality of working in the culinary industry. This is what professional chefs do night after night.

I eat a lot of whole grains for breakfast, a lot of dried fruit. And my big thing is pasta. I do a lot of simple pasta, with great ingredients.

Working in a restaurant means being part of a family, albeit usually a slightly dysfunctional one. Nothing is accomplished independently.

The best pastas are cut with bronze dies that give them a rough texture and allow the sauce to cling.

At home, I make a large batch of tomato sauce and freeze it in meal-size portions in freezer bags.

Aside from hospitality and delicious food, our [restaurateurs'] job is to entertain people. Restaurants should make people feel special, excited and fulfilled.

Most people who open restaurants will fail, because they lack the fundamental understanding of restaurant math. Either they think they're superstar cooks or they think they're superstar hosts.

No matter what it is you are cooking, buy the best ingredients you can afford. I don't care if it's a simple salad or Beef Wellington. A quality product stands alone and won't need any dressing up.

Phoebus de Chateaupers likewise came to a 'tragic end': he married.

I'm one of the few persons I ever met who are able to learn from experience.

Earthly goods deceive the human heart into believing that they give it security and freedom from worry. But in truth, they are what cause anxiety.

Anybody from my soil is my responsibility.

The very best relationship has a gardener and a flower. The gardener nurtures and the flower blooms.

A political theory seeks to find from history the limits of the politically possible

I was a fairly shy person - not the hand raising type.

Mythology is often defined as 'other peoples' religions', religion can be thought of as misinterpreted mythology.

True love isn’t easy, but it must be fought for. Once you find it, it can never be replaced. – Unknown

If you don't believe it yourself your team darn sure won't.