I Call All Chefs Cooks.

I Know Nothing About Hip-hop... There's Only So Many Times You Can Grab Your Crotch And Prance Around Stage. I'm Gonna Get Slammed Now For This.

It's My Belief That Cooking Is A Craft. I Think That You Can Push It Into The Realm Of Art, But It Starts With Craft. It Starts With An Understanding Of Materials. It Starts With An Understanding Of Where Foods Are Grown.

Im Not A Fan Of Grilling Meat, Since That Tends To Dry It Out, And I Find Grill Marks Leave A Bitter Taste. A Good Steak House Will Offer Different Options For Preparation, And I Would Ask Them To Broil Or Pan-roast The Steak And Finish It With Butter. It Ends Up A Dark Chocolate Color And Stays Very Juicy.

When I Was 26, 27 Years Old I Was Running A Kitchen In New York, And I Was A Raving Lunatic. The Older You Get, You Figure Out You Don't Need To Do That. You Realize At A Certain Point, There's A Certain Gravity To What You Say And What You Do. If That's Not Enough, All The Yelling In The World Is Not Going To Matter.

In New York, I'll Walk Down The Street And Someone Will Say, 'nice Show,' And That's It. If I'm At A Food Festival, It's Open Season.