I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People come up to me all the time and say, 'Oh, I love to watch Food Network,' and I ask them what they cook, and they say, 'I don't really cook.' They're afraid, they're intimidated, they know all about food from eating out and watching TV, but they don't know where to start in their own kitchen.
I think, when I was younger, I was cooking to impress. Sometimes the dish would have 15 things on the plate. That's cooking only for yourself. As you get more mature, you take all the superfluous things away, and you get the essential flavor. Now I cook for people, not for myself.
I think people know that I love food, but maybe people don't know that I cook a lot.
When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more really, really good food than perhaps I'd like to. So many of my friends are really good chefs. It's kind of like being in the Mafia.
I'm lucky I live near Whole Foods... so if I'm hungry, I can walk in there and grab something yummy... already made... or make it myself. I love to cook. I make a killer marinara sauce.
Literally, I just love food and I like going to dinner with big groups of people so you can try everything.
I'm actually a really good cook, and people don't believe this about me!
To be around me, you must love food, or I'm the most obnoxious person you've ever met.
I am very picky about my food, and I'm very healthy-oriented, so I always try to cook.
I am very picky about my food, and I'm very health oriented, so I always try to cook.