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First of all, I can't really claim to be a great chef.

I always say that I don't believe I'm a chef. I try to be a storyteller.

I wasn't a great cook, but I was a passionate one.

A great chef is an artist that I truly respect.

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

I am not a food critic. Or a chef. Or even a professional writer. What I am schooled in the art of, however, is enjoying myself.

A cookbook is not like being an author. It's writing down recipes; it's not writing.

I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.

I wanted to write a food book, but I'm not a chef or an expert on culinary matters, to put it mildly.

I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from scratch.