There is no conflict between a better meal and a better world.

Chefs have a new opportunity - and perhaps even an obligation - to inform the public about what is good to eat, and why.

Scandinavian-Danish cuisine was something quite rustic, mostly known for pastries and smorgasbord cuisine, which in itself has become a joke.

My last meal on Earth, I would love it to be a bowl of blueberries with cold cream.

People will travel anywhere for good food - it's crazy.

Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.

If you see someone in the kitchen that has good hands and a quick brain, then you need that person to be in the front of everything.

Learning about issues such as sustainability and locavorism are things that you need to have as part of you as a chef because it will make you cook more delicious food.

Close interaction with farmers and scientists can expose the chef to new flavours that can be used to delight diners.

When you get close to the raw materials and taste them at the moment they let go of the soil, you learn to respect them.

When people are grownups they're grown ups. They make their own decisions you know.

Success depends on your attitude

You cannot harden your heart to the future just because of your past. You cannot use cruelty against yourself to justify cruelty to others.

Ariel: “Eric!”Eric: “Do not sing me back to shore! Not until you are standing on two feet!

I would never advise shooing away a good idea.

Platitude: a statement that denies by implication what it explicitly affirms.

The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.

To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic.

I've always wanted to be a giant space crab.

I'm not trying to prove how Mexican I am or how American I am. I'm proud to be both.

But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.