1. “Without new ideas success can become stale.”
2. “Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.”
3. “Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.”
4. “I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.”
5. “An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.”
6. “Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.”
7. “The way you make an omelet reveals your character.”
8. “It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.”
9. “People confuse me. Food doesn’t.”
10. “Luck is not a business model.”
11. “To have a child is to give fate a hostage.”
12. “You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.”
13. “I’m not afraid to look like an idiot.”
14. “One of life’s terrible truths is that women like guys who seem to know what they’re doing.”
15. “I’m never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective.”
