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For Me, It's All About Moderation. I Don't Kick Things Out Of My Diet, Like Carbs. But I'm Not Going To Eat Fast Food.

I Seem To Respond Most To Places That Are More Cosmopolitan Because Of My Manhattan Upbringing. Some Of The Major International Cities I've Visited, Like Madrid, Rome And London, Have A Lot Of Similarities And "new York" Elements While ... Having Their Own Flavor.

When I'm On Television, I Think That I Appeal To The Everyday Guy, 'cause That's Who I Am. The Guys Who Go To The Football Games On The Weekends Are My Viewers, For Sure.

I Was Not Such A Great Student, .. So, When I Graduated High School, I Went To Work Cooking. I Cooked A Little At Home, But Back Then, Cooking Wasn't Really A Profession That You Aspired To, Unless Your Family Was In The Business. I Looked At It As A Job. My First Job Was At Joe Allen's, And I Remember There Was A Photo Over The Bar Of The Triple Dead Heat From The 1944 Carter Handicap.

'the Food Network' Was Just Starting In New York, And I Was Getting Lots Of Attention From Mesa Grill. They Had No Money, So If You Couldn't Get There By Subway, You Couldn't Be On. It Wasn't Like Tv Was Something I Really Wanted To Do - But I Knew It Would Be Great Publicity For My Restaurants.