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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.

I prefer eating to cooking.

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.

These days, meals are more open to personal preferences. People like to serve themselves.

I like to eat.

A good meal is very important to me. When I have a bad meal, especially out, it's like I'm sitting in an airport during a flight delay. It's a part of my life I can't get back.

You think about some of the most memorable meals you've ever had; the food will be good but it will often be about locating a mental memory and taste is inexorably linked to all the other senses and memory, so ultimately it is all about taste.

I like to cook good meals, especially when I have a lot of time.

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

Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.