I believe that there is always something new to learn, in fact, that is one of the three reasons that I chose to become a chef, that my education is never over.

I always use my 'Holy Trinity' which is salt, olive oil and bacon. My motto is, 'bacon always makes it better.' I try to use bacon and pork products whenever it can.

Taste as you go. When you taste the food throughout the cooking process you can make adjustments as you go.

I think people need more to do in their life if my hair pisses them off.

Organizing ahead of time makes the work more enjoyable.

My mom was a great cook so I always wanted to eat and make stuff. I did cooking in 4-H but it wasn't until I was out of college that I decided I wanted to make this my career.

There are so many things that you think will look cool but then you look like an idiot!

There are many places that people can produce really good food. I wouldn't limit it to an area of the country, it's what the chefs have in them.

My hair is always a big topic. It is just hair.

It's not sticky unless it touches itself.

The more I love, the more I find that life is magical.

Society was created not by men but by women

Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home.

Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!

Pope actually said that maybe I'm not a good Christian or something. It's unbelievable. Which is really not a nice thing to say.

Oh, Lord, nourish me not with love, but with the desire for love.

Looking and seeing do not originate in your self. You are able to look in your self because looking and seeing are before your self.

I don't want to do anything to embarrass my family or my church because the town that I come from is so small. There are certain things that I just can't be part of because of my foundation.

With it all independent I feel like we're doing it one person at a time turning people into believers one person at a time. Just that good old-fashioned grind, get out there, touch the people.