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I enjoy watching talented cooks bringing together ingredients into a fabulous dish.

People have all this interest in food. But for most people, it's a mystery how to prepare food. I wanted the knowledge cooks know: the in-your-fingers knowledge you get by doing it over and over.

I think that women like to use different parts of their brain and their hands. And I think that cooking allows you to do that.

The way to entice people into cooking is to cook delicious things.

I like to cook with the philosophy of using great ingredients and not altering them too much.

The way to anybody's heart is through a thoughtfully-prepared, beautifully-executed, lovingly-presented meal.

The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.

I really like to cook.

As chefs, we cook to please people, to nourish people.

Cooking is an art form, a creative thing.