Cooking Is The Art Of Adjustment.

One Of The Biggest Problems With Young Chefs Is Too Much Addition To The Plate. You Put Cilantro And Then Tarragon And Then Olive Oil And Then Walnut Oil Or Whatever. It's Too Much.

Most People Who Came Here Came For Economic Reasons Or Sometimes For Religious Or Political Reasons. I Didn't Have Any Of This. I Came Here, I Liked It, I Stayed. So I'm A Pure American - Even More Than People Who Are Born Here - Because I Did It By Choice As An Adult.

It's More Useful To Have Knowledge About Cuts Of Meat Than A Lot Of Money.

I Have An Immigrant Story. Most People Come Here For Economic Reasons, Or Religious Reasons, Or Racial Reasons, Or Gender Reasons, Or One Of Those Things. I Had A Good Job In Paris, But America Was, And Still Is, The Golden Fleece. And I've Done Very Well!

Great Cooking Favors The Prepared Hands.