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.

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.

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.

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!

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

It's not sticky unless it touches itself.

You must hunger for spiritual food.

He once had lips as cold as stone and a heart that equally matched, but I had managed to warm him up and now all I could sense was his need for me.

Write as if your parents are dead.

When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.

After all, it's the librarian's sworn purpose to bring books together with their one true reader.

[S]ince there is no wrong or right, you just reap what you sow.

The churches must realize that when they take a position on a political event that they must accept the rules of the game.

I grew up on a farm and I always learned when you work you go forward, you don't stop and say, well, I'll take a break. You always go forward and get the job done.

Complaining doesn't make a difference; it's useless and it's wasted energy.

There's a basic principle about consumer electronics: it gets more powerful all the time and it gets cheaper all the time.