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I like complicated dishes but also appreciate simple foods.

I'm a simple cook, and there's a lot I don't eat. But food is important. It translates so easily into pleasure.

Food is so important - it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.

I love the idea of farm to table and farmer's markets. I enjoy a meal more if I know I'm eating something that's good quality and good for me.

Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.

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.

You can't go wrong with relatively simple comfort food. It's also about ease. Some cook to impress. I cook for people to enjoy the food.

Food is one part of the experience. And it has to be somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the dining experience. But the rest counts as well: The mood, the atmosphere, the music, the feeling, the design, the harmony between what you have on the plate and what surrounds the plate.

Literally, I just love food and I like going to dinner with big groups of people so you can try everything.

I love food. I'm a big food person. I'm really passionate about eating good food all the time.