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What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!

Breakfast is a big deal. I love it.

What I like best is the challenge of learning something I didn't know how to do, going beyond my comfort level.

I think the best part of learning a language is that you can see the country's culture through the language. And it gives you different levels of understanding of that culture when you really try to dig in and learn it.

When I was in high school, I liked to pretend that I was a Russian foreign exchange student. I would do things like go into a pizza restaurant and tell them I'd never had pizza before, and they'd bring me into the kitchen and show me how to make an American pizza. It's really fun.

Understanding where your food comes from, trying to bolster local farmers and local economies and having a better connection to the food around you and the people around you, only good can come of that. I love to be involved with things like that.

I love breakfast - I like going to sleep at night because I know I get to wake up and eat in the morning.

My favorite thing in the world is to have just a big dinner with friends and just sit and talk about their life and their difficulties and all of that.

I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general.

I love to see new things, and I love to learn. I always learn so much when I travel - that's the best thing.