There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.
Creating a meal for somebody, it's a way to show your love.
People never know each other until they have eaten a certain amount of salt together.
Fortunately, all it takes for us to be of one mind is some buttercream frosting.
Come cook food with me and do nothing.
There's nothing like a home-cooked meal - nothing! When people ask me what the best restaurant in L.A. is, I say, 'Uh, my house.' It's more intimate. Food can connect people in a forever sort of way.
The truth is that most marriages have food as a major player in them, and certainly mine does.
I would bake for my grandma because she has never had anything I've baked.
It's amazing the relationships you forge in a kitchen. When you cooperate in an environment that's hot. Where there's a lot of knives. You're trusting your well-being with someone you've never before met or known.
I found great rewards in cooking a dish and feeding it to someone. It was a means of communicating. I was giving part of my talent or my gift and sharing it with somebody, making somebody happy. And it gave a lot back to me, and I wanted to do more and more.
Los Angeles is such a widespread city, sometimes it's hard to see your friends, and food is a great way to get together - it's a great way of giving love.
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.
