Anything made with love, bam! -it's a beautiful meal.
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.
Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.
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.
If you don't follow your dream, who will?
Spice is life. It depends upon what you like... have fun with it. Yes, food is serious, but you should have fun with it.
Cooking is so popular today because it's the perfect mix of food and fun.
In order to be big, you have to think big. If you think small, you're going to be small.
It's okay to play with your food.
Food that's beautiful to look at seems to taste better than food that isn't.
I mean, if you love what you do-whether you're an auto mechanic or you sew clothes or you cook-it's all about personal passion and love that really makes the thrust to the level that you want to get it to.
If kids can learn how to make a simple Bolognese sauce, they will never go hungry. It's pretty easy to cook pasta, but a good sauce is way more useful.
If you think big, then it's going to be big.
Get up every day and try a little harder than the day before.
I think you've got to keep it simple, keep it fresh. Stay away from all that processed stuff, read the labels.
What I go for in my cooking is sinful, bold and real.
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.
The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are doing it on weekends, they're doing their own challenges. It's back to cooking. And it's real cooking.
You gotta have good olive oil. You should have a cooking olive oil and you should have a finishing olive oil, like an extra-virgin olive oil.
I had a fierce curiosity about this food thing.
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.
You can easily put together your own favorite spice blend, whether that's a salt and pepper mixture or you're adding herbs to it or Creole spice. Just watch out for the sodium content. That why I encourage you to make your own.
My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis.
Everyone needs a mentor.
I love fresh citrus and always keep lemons, limes, and oranges on hand; they come in handy for spritzing up quickly grilled meats, seafoods, and vegetables, especially when followed up by a quick drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
