Food can bring people together in a way nothing else could.
When I say, 'Everybody to the table and eat,' I mean it. That is the glue, the center that holds the family, that gives security. Good food brings everybody to the table.
In a strange city, I connect through food and fantasy.
I wanted to keep that message of food and family alive, and how it brings people together and builds relationships and communication.
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
I call it soul food, and I call it compassion food because it kind of bonds loved ones together. It kept families together for a long time.
Almost everyone loves to eat, and when you're able to make people feel more involved in that process, it feels really good. I think it's an incredible gift to be able to give people.
They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. It's the same way with women... or at least the ones I want to be with.
I always have this sense of food as triangular, in that one point is nourishment, one point is connection, and one point is pleasure, and I always come at it from the pleasure and connection points, and the nourishment follows.
