Today, When I Hire, I Look For

My Contribution I Hope Is To Get People To Eat Full-flavored Food. If I Could Come Away With That Alone, That Would Be A Fantastic Accomplishment. I'm Also Very Proud Of Being A Very American Chef.

It's Important To Have Balance In Your Life Between Work And Play.

I Still Love Making Hamburgers On The Grill. I Guess Whenever I Eat Them Childhood Memories Come Up For Me.

'the Food Network' Was Just Starting In New York, And I Was Getting Lots Of Attention From Mesa Grill. They Had No Money, So If You Couldn't Get There By Subway, You Couldn't Be On. It Wasn't Like Tv Was Something I Really Wanted To Do - But I Knew It Would Be Great Publicity For My Restaurants.

One Of The Things That Happens In My House On The Holidays Is After Dessert, We Sit Down To A Very Ambitious Men-versus-women Game Of Trivial Pursuit. It's Brutal. And There's A Trophy.