When I Was A Child,

I Think That There Is Philanthropy And There Is Publicity. If You Can Marry The Two To Do Something Good, Then I Think It's Great. Some Of The Other Guys Go Around And Slag People As A Profession. That's Not So Interesting To Me, Because It's Easy To Take Down, It's Harder To Build.

Any Simple But Delicious Dish That Celebrates The Season And Locality Is What I Want To Be Known For.

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.

You Know, When You Get Your First Asparagus, Or Your First Acorn Squash, Or Your First Really Good Tomato Of The Season, Those Are The Moments That Define The Cook's Year. I Get More Excited By That Than Anything Else.

I Obsess Everyday About Everything. Not Only About What We Do Well But What We Can Do Better... In The End, The Only Reason I Am Motivated To Do What I Do Is For The Hedonistic Pleasures Of The Table.