America Is A Such A Melting Pot,

Obviously California Is Fantastic In Terms Of Produce, Vegetables.

It Was My First Day Working At Tour D'argent, A Famous Restaurant In Paris, In 1982, And They Were Celebrating Their 400th Anniversary. I Am In The Fish Station And After Many Mistakes, Including Cutting Myself After 30 Seconds In That Kitchen, The Chef Said, "make A Hollandaise Sauce With 32 Yolks." It Takes Me Forever To Separate The Yolks From The Whites, And I Put Them In A Bowl And Try To Go Close To The Stove, But The Stove Is Way Too Hot For Me.

When I Started To Work In Paris In Fine Dining, The Passion Really Kicked In, And I Knew That I Would Not, For The Rest Of My Life, Do Anything Else.

In New York There Used To Be Some Very Good Clubs With Amazing Sound Systems. Techno Was Part Of The Process.

The Importance Of Reading, For Me, Is That It Allows You To Dream. Reading Not Only Educates, But Is Relaxing And Allows You To Feed Your Imagination - Creating Beautiful Pictures From Carefully Chosen Words.