I was raised with hippie parents, so I get down with the positive. I don't pay attention to the negative.

Short of screaming-hot Thai food, everything can be suitable for kids too.

Kids want to saute, to cut the pizza, to see how the ingredients come together. If you let them do the fun stuff, they'll develop skills and interests that will stay with them forever.

Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It's about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.

I wanna be the ambassador to Chimichanga Flavor Town.

If you slow it down, eat in courses, your body, mind, stomach will catch up with this full feeling and you won't eat as much.

Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don't fall at least 10 times, then you're not skiing hard enough.

You dont have to eat a whole cheeseburger, just take a piece of the cheeseburger.

No matter how tough the meat may be, it's going to be tender if you slice it thin enough.

You've got balls inviting me here.

Some people are just born to cook and talk.

Tragic tales rarely do make sense.

The world is held together by lies. When I paint, I'm searching for the truth between them, but I'm no better at this than anyone else. Worse, probably.

The bigger the star, the bigger the target.

If you always do what interests you at least one person is pleased.

I have a vision of India: an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.

Imagination might be scarier than reality ... but not by much.

Curiosity and courtesy are very often at variance.

when you are dealing with art, any kind of art, your pleasure in making it is what matters most.

Being moderate with oneself and generous with others; this is what is meant by having a just relationship with money, by being free as far as money is concerned.

In life, I'm pretty low-key and quite non-descript.