It's funny, when you look back in history books or American cookery books, one of the reasons that the quinces and cranberries are used so often is because of their natural jelling properties.

I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean.

Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.

Slicing a warm slab of bacon is a lot like giving a ferret a shave. No matter how careful you are, somebody's going to get hurt.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success in that milieu, so to speak, is because I spent a lot of years directing, I spent a lot of years behind the camera

Laughing brains are more absorbent.

Cooking is an observation-based process that you can't do if you're so completely focused on a recipe.

So on one hand, honey is an amazingly sophisticated and efficient food source. On the other hand, it's bee backwash.

I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.

A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that.

be determined with patience that's it.. game is yours..

One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it's left behind.

Peace won by compromise is usually a short-lived achievement.

Perfection is impossible just strive to do your best.

My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.

The present and future of knowledge attainment and essential business skills.

Heavens, no! It could get subpoenaed. I can't write anything. When asked if she had a diary.

If I am not in love, nothing is meaningful to me. I have no energy.

If you fail to take advantage of your enemies' collapse, they may recover.

We just played unselfishly. At times this year, we've played selfish, but today we passed the ball. ... We were just very supportive of each other.