It's wild how chefs have become like rock stars.

I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.

Brussels sprouts are misunderstood - probably because most people don't know how to cook them properly.

Turkey, unlike chicken, has very elegant characteristics. It has more of a cache than chicken. Turkey is a delicacy, so it should be presented in such a way.

My favorite thing is Spaghetti with white clam sauce anywhere on the Amalfi Coast or the Tuscan Coast.

Spices are very hot, very hip. I love spices. I've always loved the Mediterranean flavors.

They want to go to the bar and eat a few snacks, have a couple of cocktails or glasses of wine, and go home. People don't sit down at the table and have a whole three or four courses.

We have a training period; we have certain guidelines and structure. You can't hire talented people and stifle them. That's not the way it works anymore.

She became at once more intimate and more exalted.

He was, he admitted, a man who liked to have his cake and eat it too.

Penguins don't waste their time trying to fly. They’re unique. They know they were built for the water.

He expected too much from people, that was the problem, Ethan thought. He expected too much from life.

House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop.

The most malignant of enemies is the lust which abides within.

The hardest thing for me is planning ahead. My mom was brilliant at it.

War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.

I had never really been around cards.

The city that has speed has success.