I'll transform anything as long as it's edible.

Chestnuts are my favorite ingredient to use in the fall, especially for the holidays. I always find that they are meaty, hearty and have a mysterious refinement when cooked or roasted over sea salt.

Determine who you are and what your brand is, and what youre not. The rest of it is just a lot of noise.

My mother's blueberry pie from scratch was amazing. I still make it today.

The most important things in life happen over conversations while eating.

I don't enjoy eating humble pie.

I like old fashioned things. We have these old wine buckets at the restaurant and none of them match.

I love hospitality, and I love cooking. The kitchen is where I feel most at ease and where I feel most like myself.

The worst day is just that I did not enter the culinary world sooner. And the best day was seeing the reaction of my one year old daughter when she tasted her first crisp apple!

A plate of food has to have balance. For example, a mild fish like skate mustnt be overwhelmed by the side dishes. They should have personality and color, but they also have to be subtle.

When I step into the kitchen in the morning, I go for the scrambled eggs with pine nuts and minced lamb. When I finish at night, it is hard to resist the burger.

There’s an infant part in our souls which longs for the lullaby truths of life every night for a tranquil slumber.

Life's meant to be sweet! Grab a cupcake and enjoy the ride!

I like the physical activity of gardening. It's kind of thrilling. I do a lot of weeding.

My mum still wonders when I'll get a real job. These are the questions we discuss at our family dinners.

What, then is law [government]? It is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense.

I'm only here for a while, so I'd like to do what I can.

This is L.A. You wanna learn Spanish? Take the bus.

We have this wonderful language and we don't appreciate it. That's old-fashioned me, but when I went to school, everyone had elocution lessons, not to sound posh but so you could be understood.

If you can't sell tickets you'll struggle.

In science we don't have prophets. We have heroes, but not prophets.