Scatter soaked hardwood chunks over your coals for a quick and easy way to add a smoky nuance to your grilled foods.

My favorite Aspen memory is saving an upside-down cake that had exploded from the high altitude.

I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town.

A lot of parents ask me how to get kids to eat more vegetables. The first thing I say is that it starts from the top.

You gotta have good olive oil. You should have a cooking olive oil and you should have a finishing olive oil, like an extra-virgin olive oil.

Anything made with love, bam! -it's a beautiful meal.

Food is very representative of a city's culture. In order to really get to know a place and the people, you've got to eat the food.

If you don't follow your dream, who will?

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.

Spice is life. It depends upon what you like... have fun with it. Yes, food is serious, but you should have fun with it.

If kids can learn how to make a simple Bolognese sauce, they will never go hungry. It's pretty easy to cook pasta, but a good sauce is way more useful.

There is NO way you're living out your purpose if you're conforming to the rules. There is NO way you'll fulfill your destiny if you're trapped in the dogma of what other people think.

When you are in doubt and lost, to find the way, chose love.

His problem is that he doesn’t want anyone until he can have anyone he wants.

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.

I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens.

The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.

Bloggers intent on self-expression which renders no service to readers don't get read.

In 2003, the value of Airbuss orders was more than twice as much as Boeings.

I can't memorize names and shake hands at the same time.

Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.