The Chinese Five-spice Works Really Well In

I Don't Put Cream In Any Pasta Noodles Ever. I Would Use A Little Butter, But I Don't Ever Use Cream.

The Hardest Part Of Anything Is Making A Dish Consistently Great - You Order It Seven Years Later, If It's Still On The Menu, And It's Still As Good As What You Remember.

We Need To Figure Out A 'harvest System' To Collect The Produce That Stores Don't Put Out For Customers To Buy Because It's Not Perfect Looking. Frankly, The Stuff Left To Rot In The Storeroom Is More Beautiful To Me Than The Perfect Carrot. I'm A Gnarly Carrot Kind Of Guy.

Breakfast Is The Best Time For Me To Figure Out What My Kids Are Doing. Right After You Wake Them Up At Breakfast, You Pepper Them With Questions. You Can Get In There Because They're Not Protecting What They Thought Was Cool: "what Happened Yesterday?" "oh, Matthew Stole My Book And Ran Away And It Was Really Annoying..." That Wouldn't Happen After Lunch, Because Their Defenses Are Up. In The Morning, If You Lull Them Into A Comfortable Place, You Get More Honesty, And That's Without Being A Detective.

In America, I Would Say New York And New Orleans Are The Two Most Interesting Food Towns. In New Orleans, They Don't Have A Bad Deli. There's No Mediocrity Accepted.