"My mom, who's been in the restaurant business for 40 years, is the number-one influence in my life. But I look up to a lot of people in the industry. Tops on my list is Mario Batali. My mom and Mario taught me the same lesson: Food is love."
"I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead."
Oscar Wilde on Food"You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans."
Ronald Reagan on Food"It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available."
Ronald Reagan on Food"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."
Yogi Berra on Food"Beware the hobby that eats."
Benjamin Franklin on Food"I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days."
"I've never been a huge sweets eater, and I've always loved a Mediterranean diet. We eat a lot of dark leafy greens, and a couple meals each week are meat-free. We enjoy eating a balanced diet."
"Whatever it is you want to do, take a job in that field. You will learn by experience and, slow and steady, you'll get it done!"
"If you want to look at the state of humans, you should look at the state of animals first. People are choosing whether or not they can feed an animal and their family. And every shelter coast-to-coast is stuffed."
"We created a line of pet food called Nutrish that's made to human standards, and 100 percent of the proceeds go to animal rescue. One of our top-tier donors is the ASPCA, and they help us challenge animal shelters all across the country to get more animals placed in homes."