Spices Are Very Hot, Very Hip. I

Spices Are Very Hot, Very Hip. I Love Spices. I've Always Loved The Mediterranean Flavors.

I Call It An Old-fashioned Seafood House For The New Millennium. We Are Trying To Update What We Know As Old Fish Houses And Places Like That, Which Are Great, But I Want To Give It A New, Fresh Look With Updated Versions Of The Classics We All Love.

We Have A Training Period; We Have Certain Guidelines And Structure. You Can't Hire Talented People And Stifle Them. That's Not The Way It Works Anymore.

Like Anything, You Don't Force Kids To Cook. It Just Becomes Part Of Life - Have Them Be Around It, Keep Them Informed - Talk About It. I Try To Relay My Passion For It In These Ways. The Second You Try To Force Anything On Your Own Kid, They Rebel.

Having Been To Europe And Working And Traveling There, The Restaurants My Wife And I Remember Were Always Off The Beaten Trail Restaurants. So I Tried To Seek A Little 'off The Beaten Trail,' But Cool Area.