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I think we should be honest about who is working in our kitchens.
your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.
The worst, most dangerous person to America is clearly Paula Deen.
What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?
If you're training in a combat sport, deliciousness takes a backseat.
I think as a moral question, restaurant workers should get paid more.
Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent.
I wasn't that great a chef, and I don't think I'm that great a writer.
I look at Guy Fieri and I just think, 'Jesus, I'm glad that's not me.'
I think there's a tendency to over-jack and over-umami food these days.
I'm in no position to try to tell people how to live their family life.
Naturally, I'm misanthropic. But the Negronis are helping considerably.
I didn't want food that looked unapproachable or ridiculously beautiful.
You have to love a town where you can both smoke and gamble in a pharmacy.
The Italians seem to have a better attitude with kids and the food is great!
Even on the Serengeti, it ain't a barbecue if there ain't some kind of beer.
I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing.
I'd like to play bass like Bootsy Collins. I'm serious. That would be my dream.
I think we should increase the minimum wage and I think $15 is a good beginning.
Anyone who doesn't have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me.
As a chef I’m not your dietitian or your ethicist, I’m in the pleasure business.
America's most dangerous export was, is and always will be our fast-food outlets.
My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature.
Every chef I know, their cholesterol is through the roof. And mine's not so great.
Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.
Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons?
If you get an opportunity to work with David Simon, anybody with good taste would.
You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
Whatever everyone else has asked you to do or never let you do, and let's do that.
Unlicensed hooch from a stranger in a parking lot. Good idea? Yes, of course it is.
If people are working only rice and beans for much of their diet, it says something.
People's choice to become vegan, from people I've spoken to, seems motivated by fear.
I'm not looking to freak people out - eating rodents or bugs. I don't do that anymore.
Good food does lead to sex. As it should. And in a perfect world, good music does too.
You know, from age 17 on, my paycheck was coming from cooking and working in kitchens.
People everywhere have been very, very good to me, whether I'm with or without cameras.
I love the masochistic aspect of eating seething, real Sichuan food in Sichuan Province.
I urge you to travel - as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to.
I could do nothing but Brooklyn shows for the rest of my career, and I could die ignorant.
Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever
One of life's terrible truths is that women like guys who seem to know what they're doing.
Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through.
Thinking of getting into the leg-breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later.
If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it's the restaurant business.
I'm a control freak. If you're going to slap my name on something, I would like to control it.
I managed to reach a depth of self-loathing that usually takes a night of drinking to achieve.
If somebody crafts an interesting tweet that’ll lead me to their blog, I’m going to their blog.
If somebody crafts an interesting tweet that'll lead me to their blog, I'm going to their blog.
For me, the cooking life has been a long love affair, with moments both sublime and ridiculous.