Having a child changes everything. All of a sudden you have so much to lose, so much to live for.
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.
If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.