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I had never been in a supermarket before coming to America. At home, my parents wouldn't let me open the refrigerator, because they worried I'd damage the door by opening it too many times.

I think traditional supermarkets have to pay attention to the fact that America is more and more conscious of lifestyle.

A country like America has twice as much food on its shop shelves and in its restaurants than is actually required to feed the American people.

If you go to the supermarket and buy a package of food and look at the photo on the front, the food never looks like that inside, does it? That is a fundamental lie we are sold every day.

I'm not sure that some of the food purists are in touch with what really goes on in American households.

People are trying to figure out what American food is; it's certainly an amalgamation.

It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet.

America is a country of abundance, but our food culture is sad - based on huge portions and fast food. Let's stop with the excuses and start creating something better.

What worries me is that, because of the amount of media coverage of food, Britain seems to have become a foodie nation - but I'm not sure it actually has. I'm not sure there's been a huge change in the pantry at home or what we cook for supper.

Consumers deserve the right to know what's in their food - and obviously, most people want that choice. It's hard to see how more knowledge about the products we eat every day can hurt us.