My mom was a great cook so I always wanted to eat and make stuff. I did cooking in 4-H but it wasn't until I was out of college that I decided I wanted to make this my career.

I always use my 'Holy Trinity' which is salt, olive oil and bacon. My motto is, 'bacon always makes it better.' I try to use bacon and pork products whenever it can.

I believe that there is always something new to learn, in fact, that is one of the three reasons that I chose to become a chef, that my education is never over.

Taste as you go. When you taste the food throughout the cooking process you can make adjustments as you go.

I think people need more to do in their life if my hair pisses them off.

Organizing ahead of time makes the work more enjoyable.

There are so many things that you think will look cool but then you look like an idiot!

There are many places that people can produce really good food. I wouldn't limit it to an area of the country, it's what the chefs have in them.

My hair is always a big topic. It is just hair.

It's not sticky unless it touches itself.

Some people are each envious of the person they used to be.

The cold is lonely person's way of feeling alone and death

The situation was different in the jungle. Every inch of ground had to be earned, and was done so through much exertion with the blade.

He loved her when she was angry. And he was convinced it was because she was her most honest in those moments. ~Ruin

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.

I'm not going to ask for anything unless the workers want it. If they want it, they'll ask for it.

Confused, I asked, "The coven's what?" "Plumber," Ivy said, looking pale as she leaned on Glenn. "You know. Stops leaks?" Oh goodie. I'm a leak.

Complaining is the favorite pastime of millions.

I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.

Apple likes me, but they strongly prefer my money.