“I try to look at what patients truly need, not just what I have to offer.”
“If we can change the school-food environment for the better, we can change anything.”
“It’s all about the pickiness of someone who likes to cook and someone who does the weird things I do.”
“Once you get down a couple of basic techniques, most things are actually quite easy.”
“People have asked me if Jeffrey’s my TV husband. I’m not Meryl Streep; I’m not an actress.”
“Breaking bread together is the basis of civilization. Let’s not just give this up!”
‘I’m a guy; I’ve got the Y chromosome. We love to set stuff on fire.’
“People are more aware of the difference between organic and conventional, even if it’s just shopping at Safeway.”
“Even though we were very poor, cash-poor, I was fortunate. Learning to take care of yourself and feed yourself is such a powerful thing.”
“When we target powerful food companies directly, we can actually make a big change.”
“Eating mindfully is the first step. That’s what the industry doesn’t want us to do.”
“What we really need is for everyone to get easy and affordable access to food.”
“I can’t sometimes imagine why I am still, all these years on, excited and interested in food.”
“Part of knowing how to cook is knowing when things are interchangeable — that cooking isn’t this rigid thing.”
“Without scent, it was like my world went from color to black and white.”
“Grandmothers are the keepers of culture and the culinary flame.”
“It’s repeat, repeat, repeat … those techniques until they become part of yourself, your DNA.”
“We are better people when we eat well. I really, really believe that.”
“That’s how traditional cuisine happens — they do things over and over and distill what’s best.”
“Whether you think global warming exists or whether we’re responsible for it is irrelevant.”
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