When I Was A Child,

The Chinese Five-spice Works Really Well In The Quantity That I Used. It Makes It Almost Imperceptibly Just A Little Bit Sweeter Without Making It Really Sweet Or Really Even That Asian Flavored.

You Have To Be Generous If You Want To Spend Your Time Making Someone Else Dinner. Even If You're Charging, You're Still Giving.

Every Super Bowl, I Do Different Food Each Quarter From Each Of The Hometowns Of The Teams Competing. So I’m Always Hoping For Cities With A Gastronomic Soul—not So Much Indianapolis Or Denver, Right? For Halftime We Have New York Hot Dogs From Papaya Dog. And At The End Of The Game I’ve Chosen A Dessert Based On Who I Think Is Going To Win.

I Like Anchovies, And I Don't Tell Everybody About Them. Almost Every Time, They Don't Even Notice.

Once You Become An Elaborate And Well-developed Culture, Anything From Rome Or The Etruscans, For That Matter, The Food Starts To Become A Representation Of What The Culture Is. When The Food Can Transcend Being Just Fuel, That's When You Start To See These Different Permutations.