The Restaurant Industry Is Brutal.

The Traditional Roots Of Scandinavian Cuisine Are Not That Spectacular, To Say The Least. When We Write About The Traditions That We Are Inspired By, It's More Techniques Like Smoking, Preserving. Many Of Them Are Not Made To Make Food Delicious; They're Just Around So That You Can Make Food Last Through The Winter. There Isn't A Great Deal Of Tradition To Tap Into.

The First Book Was Out And For The First Time We Were On A Book Tour. Being The Son Of An Immigrant, I'd Never Dreamt Of Being On Book Tours. Suddenly The Attention Was Huge.

When People Are Grownups They're Grown Ups. They Make Their Own Decisions You Know.

I Started To Change. It Was Sort Of A Restaurant Mid-life Crisis, You Could Say. I Lost A Lot Of Confidence, Not So Much As A Father Or As A Friend, But As A Boss, As A Chef That's To Make Decisions Throughout The Day All The Time. I Just Slowly Started Burning Out. Once You Lose Your Confidence Like That, You Start Being Angry In The Kitchen. I Couldn't Recognize Myself Anymore. I Started Writing The Journal. It Was Never Meant To Be A Book, But The Editor At Phaidon Read Parts Of It. As Editors Do, I Guess.

Fine Dining Is An Occasional Treat For Most People.