1. “If you don’t follow your dream, who will?”
2. “If somebody has a chance to put my food in their mouth, that tells the story.”
3. “I don’t limit myself.”
4. “If you think big, then it’s going to be big.”
5. “Food is very representative of a city’s culture. In order to really get to know a place and the people, you’ve got to eat the food.”
6. “Life just doesn’t hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. That’s the exiting part.”
7. “You are going to be what you put in your body, so I try to teach that to my kids, and the kids around me.”
8. “A lot of parents ask me how to get kids to eat more vegetables. The first thing I say is that it starts from the top.”
9. “Get up every day and try a little harder than the day before.”
10. “Cleanliness is very important. If you let kids make a total mess in the kitchen and the leave, you’re not really teaching them anything.”
11. “In order to be big, you have to think big. If you think small, you’re going to be small .”
12. “What I go for in my cooking is sinful, bold and real.”
13. “It’s okay to play with your food.”
14. “Food that’s beautiful to look at seems to taste better than food that isn’t.”
15. “Cleanliness is very important. if you let kids make a total mess in the kitchen and then leave, you’re not really teaching them anything.”
16. “Everyone needs a mentor.”
17. “I think many cooks are afraid of undercooked meats. A good thermometer is a cook’s best friend.”
18. “I ended up turning down a full scholarship of music at the conservatory to pay to go to cooking school.”
19. “I love to cook; that’s my passion.”
20. “I had a fierce curiosity about this food thing.”
21. “Music is one of those things that is constantly going in my head all the time. It’s sort of like the evolution and creation of doing food, or my philosophy about wine. It’s always beating in my head, so it keeps the spirit moving.”
22. “I like to keep things simple. It’s really about the wine, food ad the beach view. Nothing can beat that.”
23. “My family… always had the value of the family table and these cultural influences of growing up.”
24. “I’ve never really had a problem with people.”
25. “One big reason I do what I do is there’s no two days alike. It’s not work for me It’s my life. My passion.”
