There's not a single chef I know of that does not think about the politics of the food they're serving.

There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.

I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's recipe for chicken and barley stew all the time.

Patience is the secret to good food.

It's better to get the nutrients for healthy skin from food, not supplements. Salmon, walnuts, blueberries, spinach... lots of my favorite foods happen to be amazing for skin too.

Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.

Always wear sunscreen and wash your makeup off at night.

My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.

Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.

You don't get second chances in the real world.

Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

It is not the loss that makes you a loser, but it is how you respond to it.

Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!

Darkness is necessary for evolvement.

It is sad to love and be unloved, but sadder still to be unable to love.

One does not have to be Witted to know the companionship of a beast, and to know that the friendship of an animal is every bit as rich and complicated as that of a man or woman.

Dancing: The Highest Intelligence in the Freest Body.

When an artist becomes complacent, he dies.

It is children only who enjoy the present; their elders either live on the memory of the past or the hope of the future.

If I can't get people to commit themselves on whether or not there is a square root of two, then I won't touch on God or anything here

To make yourself understood you have to think plain and write plain.