"I did skit comedy online for many years, beginning around 2001. Around 2006 I started watching a lot of food television and got re-interested in food. I come from a very food-obsessed family. But I also wanted to do my own thing, which was the comedy."

"Julia Child wasn't afraid to have fun. She made fantastic food but knew how to have a good time and not be too stuck up about the kitchen space."

"You don't have to look far to taste some of the best food the world has to offer. I'd pit my grandmother against a 3-star Michelin chef any day."

"I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes."

"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."

"The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation it is understanding."

"I think success right now is not about how famous you are or how much you're getting paid, but it's more about if you're steadily working and you're happy with what you're doing."

"That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers."