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- Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or…
- The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as…
- When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more really, really good…
- To the extent I am known, I think I am known as a person who expresses his opinion freely about things - and I was…
- I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.
- It would be an egregious mistake to ever refer to me in the same breath as most of the people I write about.
- You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.
- You can call me the bad boy chef all you want. I'm not going to freak out about it. I'm not that bad. I'm certainly…
- I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure…
- I'm very proud of the Rome episode of 'No Reservations' because it violated all the conventional wisdom about making television. You're never, ever supposed to…
- I've seen zero evidence of any nation on Earth other than Mexico even remotely having the slightest clue what Mexican food is about or even…
- Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as it gets. It celebrates a…
- What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies are in next season, that's…
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