Find combinations of flavors you love and buy the best quality ingredients you can afford. Your food is only going to be as good as the sum of its parts, like anything else.

There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.

I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's recipe for chicken and barley stew all the time.

Patience is the secret to good food.

It's better to get the nutrients for healthy skin from food, not supplements. Salmon, walnuts, blueberries, spinach... lots of my favorite foods happen to be amazing for skin too.

Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.

Always wear sunscreen and wash your makeup off at night.

My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.

Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.

You don't get second chances in the real world.

Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

The Earth must have done some noble work

When you live by the demands and supply of life, Life stops being a mystery to you

Don't needlessly draw attention to yourself. If you're twerking on the beach, a circling pteracuda could mistake you for a wounded animal.

Attention embarrasses me. I don't like to be on display.

What we humans think we know is nothing compared to what we need to believe to numb the fear and pain.

I don't think there are in life, pure darkness or pure light. Everyone's got a little of everything.

Independence is a state of mind. Independence is spirit without category.

Try to maintain the perspective that, in time, everything disintegrates and returns to its initial form.

Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration.

Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.