America Is A Such A Melting Pot,

When I Was Twelve, I Decided To Become A Chef. I Stole A Book From The Library About The Greatest Restaurants In France. I'd Flip The Pages And Dream. I Should Return That Book To The Library Some Day.

Fast Food Is Both Evil And Genius. Because Of It We Can Feed A Large Number Of People Fairly Decently At An Affordable Price. However, All The Artificial Flavors And Artificial Ingredients In Some Of Their Products Are Unacceptable. And It's Designed So You Can Eat Fast So You Get Back To Work More Quickly. Not Good.

Just Walking In The Kitchen (and We Have Three Kitchens At Le Bernardin), I Exercise Quite A Lot. I Also Walk In Central Park For 50 Minutes From My House To Le Bernardin Every Day, Rain, Shine, Snow.

My Mother And My Grandmother Would Make An Apple Tart In Different Styles, And I Had One Per Day. Every Day I Would Eat One Full Apple Tart.

In New York There Used To Be Some Very Good Clubs With Amazing Sound Systems. Techno Was Part Of The Process.