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I am just a normal professional with a great job and a great life.

I love food, all food, everything about food. I enjoy going to the market and having what's in front of me - what's fresh, seasonal - tell me what I'm cooking.

I'm a boring guy who's got a great job in a profession that still gives me a great deal of pleasure after 35 years.

I see myself as a bit of a traveller. I am a workaholic.

I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.

What drives me is I love my profession. I love to do it.

People come to me with their passion about transportation, about education, about health care, about agriculture, the dairy industry, the almond growers. I'm just a kid in a candy store, learning and eating up all this different knowledge.

I'm just really into going out to eat and restaurants in general.

I really enjoy what I do, and who I'm with and where I am. Having said that, I'm not really a person of habit, because what I do in my job is travel around the world and play concerts to people, and occasionally do very weird things.

I like eating, cooking and shopping. It all goes together.