I think that a lot of us at home are iron chefs in their own right in that we have to come up with meals real quickly.

My family came from Ecuador.

Don't be afraid to adapt new ingredients into your own techniques, and traditional ingredients into new recipes.

As long as you remember what you love and why you love it, it will never be far from your heart - or your plate.

I studied cooking in Spain after college.

From the time I was 8 until now, I've been working. My Social Security is looking solid.

Chicago is a lot of my background as a chef.

I spent several years cooking on a line.

I'm a huge fan of burgers, and they're not my wife's favorite, so we don't cook them at home.

Being Ecuadorian is, I don't want to say it's tough but it's... something special to me.

Well, you know, for me, I think Spanish food is festive.

By studying yesterday, you will understand today.

The lonely? Where's that from?Sadness' best friend. Sadness broughtit along and I couldn't turn it away, soI let it multiply in my pulse instead.

There are empty spaces that must be respected – those often long periods when a person can’t see the pictures or find the words and needs to be left alone.

Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive.

The quick lesson that I learned is that none of the fame part is really real.

The entire ball game, in terms of both the exam and life, was what you gave attention to vs. what you willed yourself to not.

Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous.

Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

An attribute of Rosa Hubermann, she was a good woman for a crisis.

Many that are not mad have, sure, more lack of reason.