Look At Cookbooks With Your Kids And

Food Is Much Better Off The Hand Than The Fork.

You Know, When You Get Your First Asparagus, Or Your First Acorn Squash, Or Your First Really Good Tomato Of The Season, Those Are The Moments That Define The Cook's Year. I Get More Excited By That Than Anything Else.

We Need To Figure Out A 'harvest System' To Collect The Produce That Stores Don't Put Out For Customers To Buy Because It's Not Perfect Looking. Frankly, The Stuff Left To Rot In The Storeroom Is More Beautiful To Me Than The Perfect Carrot. I'm A Gnarly Carrot Kind Of Guy.

I Can Tell In Two Minutes If I Should Hire Someone In The Kitchen. Two Minutes. It's His Desire. It's That Open-eyed, Attentive Expression. If He Doesn't Have It ... I Mean, I Can Teach A Chimp How To Cook Dinner. But I Cannot Teach A Chimp How To Love It.

My Kids And I Make Pasta Three Days A Week Now. It's Not Even So Much About The Eating Of It; They Just Like The Process. Benno Is The Stuffer, And Leo Is The Catcher. They've Got Their Jobs Down.