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I think fine dining should be part of the community where it is, more than just for the people who are going to make a special occasion.

Fine dining is an occasional treat for most people.

I used to love fine dining, but I lost my appetite for it to a degree because sometimes it is too much about the effort and too little about the result.

I, personally, think there is a really danger of taking food too seriously. Food should be part of the bigger picture.

Shared dining fortifies us.

I grew up with that farm-to-table dining before it was sweeping the nation. I do think there's some value to really throwing yourself into food and embracing where it comes from.

Food should be fun.

Eating has to be fun.

I think fine dining is dying out everywhere... but I think there will be - and there has to always be - room for at least a small number of really fine, old-school fine-dining restaurants.

I love the intensity of the fine-dining kitchen, but loathe the fine-dining experience.