I'd Love To Visit Thailand Just For

I Spend 80% Of My Time In My Restaurants. Taping My Tv Shows Doesn't Take Much Time, And Then They Get Aired A Lot. That's The Thing People Don't Realize.

I Don't Have A Long Family History Of Good Cooks In My Family.

Cook Ingredients That You Are Used To Cooking By Other Techniques, Such As Fish, Chicken, Or Hamburgers. In Other Words Be Comfortable With The Ingredients You Are Using.

I Was Hired As A Sous-chef At A Restaurant On The Upper East Side. The Chef Liked To Drink - Some Mornings We Would Find Him Sleeping. Two Weeks After Its Opening, I Became The Chef. I Was 20 Years Old, And Way Over My Head. I Had To Hire The Cooks And Do The Menus.

One Thing You Don't Want To Do As A Host Is Be Running Around All Evening. Do As Much As You Can Ahead Of Time, So All You Have To Do Is Grill The Main Ingredients.