"My mother would never let me in the kitchen. I always wanted to cook, but I was never allowed to. Her view of the world was, 'Cooking is my job, and studying is your job.' I think, in retrospect, she didn't like the chaos. She was very orderly. It had to be her way."

"They say that gardens look better when they are created by loving gardeners rather than by landscapers, because the garden is more tended to and cared for. The same thing goes for cooking. I only cook for people I love."

"If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken."

"I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer."

"My body can't put anyone in jeopardy of not making money anymore - my body is just not on the table that way anymore."

"Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve."

"Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it."

"Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin."