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I was lucky to live 10 years in France, so I learned how to eat and drink there.

I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking.

I'll tell you what I love. Sending back bottles of wine that aren't right in restaurants in France! Whoa! I love the French, but I do find their wine snobbery something unbearable.

I learned French in Tunis, along with Arabic. I also learned French history. I knew the entire history of the kings of France. And I was fascinated by Versailles.

In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country.

I always knew I would live in France.

No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.

I learned French before I learned Spanish.

I took up French boys and wine and I studied psychology.

When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.