At first, people think about vegetarian food like, 'Here's some veggies. Here's some pasta.' But there's so much more you can do in the vegetarian and vegan world.

There's been quite a few conversations between me and my wife; she'd like to see my hair brown again. So who knows what will happen.

It's OK to make mistakes... Try different things.

Did I ever think about TV stardom? I don't watch a lot of TV. I wasn't even aware of the phenomenon of what was going on in food television, what you started with the Food Network.

I cannot get enough farro.

Some people are just born to cook and talk.

College students want good eats. They want it to not be super-expensive, but you've got to be eclectic, you've got to have style, and you've got to make real food.

I always wish for more time at home or at the restaurants or on the shows.

I'm a stocky 210 pounds.

My restaurant, Tex Wasabi's, we have a whole 'Minute to Win It' challenge going on on Sundays already. The show hasn't even aired and they're already doing challenges where people are coming and participating. I think it's going to take over.

The wok is one of my favorite things to work with when I'm camping.

You don't have to eat a whole cheeseburger, just take a piece of the cheeseburger.

I'm like anybody else. You get enough, you can get beat up. You can get hurt. You can get frustrated. You can get demoralized.

I'm not an actor. Lord knows, I'd be acting if I were an actor. What you see is what you get.

It's tough, you know: I'm a chef first, and a restaurant owner, way before I was ever on Food Network, and it's a tough business.

After a show, people say, 'I bet you want to just sit back and relax.' No way. First thing I want to do when I'm home is cook.

I respect anybody that cooks. I know how hard it is.

I have three wood-fired ovens... I have one at my house, one at my ranch, one on the trailer that I use for charity events.

I'm a big greens fan. I'm a big vegetable fan. I'm a big whole grains fan. And I exercise a lot. That's how I keep this petite dancer's figure.

The wok is one of my favorite things to work with when I'm camping. Outdoor cooking is not just about hot dogs and hamburgers. There are so many styles of food you can make.

My parents were all into macrobiotic cooking and natural cooking, and my sister was a vegetarian. I wasn't down with that.

I can't bake anything. I'm the worst. My cakes always come out flat.

Growing up in Northern California, I've only seen snow at Christmas maybe twice in my life! I was always jealous of my cousins on the East Coast with their white Christmases.

I get influence from everybody and everything.

I try to hike at least three times a week when I'm home in Sonoma County.

People need to take a little bit more risk.

I am just a regular dude who happened to make it. That's all I am, man. Maybe I was preparing myself in some lifetime to become this person, but I never thought I'd have every rocket shooting off at one time.

I wanted to work in corporate restaurants.

We are not blessed with junk food - my family and my kids do not eat fast foods.

Kids love food. It's about putting materials out there that get kids thinking about food - to get kids interacting about food. It's about simple things, like kids thinking about pasta - getting kids to work with food.

I need to stay disciplined on the road. Too much food can wreck your palate.

I have a fond appreciation for the Canadian culture and the Canadian food scene in general.

I take everything very seriously, but I also take it lighthearted to recognize that you can't control it.

I'm not a celebrity chef. I'm a chef that happens to have television shows and a chef that happens to do media.

I love to cook for people. It's my honor, honestly. It's what I have to give.

I love 'Iron Chef' and I love 'Chopped.' I watch both of them. I think it is crazy what those chefs go through.

I say to folks all the time, 'Watch what you're eating. You don't have to eat it all. Make conscious choices. It doesn't mean you have to starve yourself and eat carrots all day.' Have an awareness.

I always tell my family - and they laugh about it - but someday, I will write a vegetarian book. My cousin, who's a big vegetarian, tells me flat out, 'You're my favorite vegetarian chef.'

I'm a big fan of doing 'Triple D.' But I don't want to do it forever, don't get me wrong! Travel away from my family, are you crazy? But do you know what it does for these mom-and-pop restaurant joints? It changes their lives forever. I mean, their businesses will never be the same.

I'm in a very unique position in that I got to participate in the Food Network by contest. That's long gone, being voted on, but I don't forget where it came from, and I don't forget the people who worked to put me here.

Whenever you get to change somebody's life or watch it and see it happen, it's amazing.

I look at a basketball laying on the ground, and it makes me think of something. Popcorn ball. How 'bout a spicy popcorn ball? That is how my mind is always working.

I'm a collector, so I've got all kinds of sunglasses. I'd say I've got about a buck ten, buck twenty.

I never knew I would go this far, but I was told by people it wouldn't happen, and now I own four restaurants, and I have one of the best shows on the Food Network. I'm living in the Super Bowl of food.

I'm a huge kale fan.

I think there's a misconception that I eat everything. The one or two bites that you see me take, that's it.

When you love the competition, the opportunity to achieve at simple but challenging games, some people are really into it, and I'm one of them.

Contrary to popular belief, I eat all types of food. Fried food is my least favorite.

When someone is dying, there is nothing you really can do, it's a horrible situation, and... you just have to get through it.

If I probably didn't have tattoos, or if I probably didn't bleach my hair, or if I probably didn't wear blue jeans and a T-shirt to fancy things, if I didn't do things that make me look like someone who's whacked out of their mind, it'd probably be different. But then again, that's how I wanna dress.