Cookbooks have all become baroque and very predictable. I’m looking for something different. A lot of chefs’ cookbooks are food as it’s done in the restaurants, but they are dumbed down, and I hate it when they dumb them down. less than 1 minute read
I was at a party, and some squiggly looking dude with a bow tie came up and said, ‘How’d you like to be on TV?’ Turns out he was the programming guy at the Food Network. They had me come into the office, and I did a ‘Ready, Set, Cook’ with Emeril Lagasse, I believe. less than 1 minute read
Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food. less than 1 minute read
Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available - logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients. less than 1 minute read
Bologna is the best city in Italy for food and has the least number of tourists. With its medieval beauty, it has it all. less than 1 minute read
When you cut that eggplant up and you roast it in the oven and you make the tomato sauce and you put it on top, your soul is in that food, and there’s something about that that can never be made by a company that has three million employees. less than 1 minute read
As far away as you can get from the process of mechanisms and machinery, the more likely your food’s going to taste good. And that - that is probably the largest thing I can hand to anybody is let your hands touch it. Let them make it. less than 1 minute read
Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it’s just as fast. less than 1 minute read
Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything. less than 1 minute read
Steven Tyler is awesome. He is so humble. He’s really sweet and coming from him and his career, it’s amazing. less than 1 minute read
