Attitudes Toward Food Have Completely Changed.

It Helps Immerse Yourself In What You Potentially Want To Do. Being Involved, Learning Firsthand And Observing The Craft And Absorbing All You Can, Makes It Easier To Define What You Want. It Will Also Ultimately Make You A Better Chef. Culinary School, Or Even A Single Class, Is A Great Bet Too.

It Will Be A Great Success To Me If My Family Comes Into The Restaurant And Says That They're Proud Of What I've Done, They're Proud Of The Way I've Represented The De Laurentiis Name, And That They Love My Food. That Is The Moment Of Pure Pride For Me.

Pasta Doesn't Make You Fat. How Much Pasta You Eat Makes You Fat.

If People Are Made To Feel Uncomfortable In The Kitchen, They Won't Go In There. That's Why I Think Children Learning To Cook Can Be Such A Wonderful Thing.

These Days It's Cool To Be Ethnic And To Be Different, But When I Was A Kid, It Was Not Cool - At All. My Friends Would Come Over And My Mom Would Make Crepes With Eggs, Stuffed With Mozzarella Cheese, Tomatoes And Spinach. And They'd Be Like, 'what Is This?'