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One Of The First Jobs I Ever Had Was Opening Clams In A Seafood Restaurant, So I'm Pretty Quick At It.

A Lot Of Professions Happen To Be Male-dominated Because Women Drop Out At A Certain Point. It's Unfortunate.

It's My Belief That Cooking Is A Craft. I Think That You Can Push It Into The Realm Of Art, But It Starts With Craft. It Starts With An Understanding Of Materials. It Starts With An Understanding Of Where Foods Are Grown.

When I Was 26, 27 Years Old I Was Running A Kitchen In New York, And I Was A Raving Lunatic. The Older You Get, You Figure Out You Don't Need To Do That. You Realize At A Certain Point, There's A Certain Gravity To What You Say And What You Do. If That's Not Enough, All The Yelling In The World Is Not Going To Matter.

I Think The Patterns Are Set Very Early When The Kids Are Young. But At The Same Time, There Are Some Flavors Kids Just Don't Like.