There's something about fall that very much translates into those nurturing, nostalgic food flavors. It's the season where you can really make the marriage of fresh produce with spices and aromatics.

I chose a career in the kitchen because the thought of sitting and doing the same thing every day and being stationary was not something that I could get my head around.

Know who you are and stay true to it. Have a point of view, keep your head down when noise tries to drown out your inner voice, and whatever you do, keep pushing.

The secret to having an epically beloved bakery is consistency.

A bright lipstick is a quick way to glam up my look.

Nike Air Zooms are what I usually run in. In the kitchen, I wear a beaten-up pair of Converse All-Stars in winter and Keds in summer.

When I get up early, I appreciate the quiet time to enjoy a coffee or water my plants.

Good food is good food. It doesn't have to come with pretense.

Being a great baker and pastry chef requires the upmost open mind. I try every dessert that comes my way!

Baking's meant to be done at home. It's meant to be a good time. It's not about, like, hoarding secrets. It's about sharing them.

The thing I love about Vegas is there's something for any type of mood you're in and something for any kind of adventure you seek out.

I think a lot of people think being in the kitchen is being really serious, and especially that baking is very serious, very straitlaced. For me, it's about figuring out your voice, finding your personality, and getting in the kitchen to explore.

No matter how bad your day is, when you start talking about cookies or cakes or pies, or you bring someone cookies, there's just not bad news. The worst news is, 'Hey, there's sugar in that.'

When I first went to Paris in 1965, I fell in love with the small, family-owned restaurants that existed everywhere then, as well as the markets and the French obsession with buying fresh food, often twice a day.

I feel it is an obligation to help people understand the relation of food to agriculture and the relationship of food to culture.

I think health is the outcome of eating well.

I guess I don't really believe in retirement. I believe in shorter days and maybe in weekends!

I'm always changing my work, as there are endless ways to think about food.

I feel like old age in America is a very sad thing. I have been many different places around the world where getting older is something you look forward to.

It's so important to that we go into the public schools and we feed all of the kids something that is really good for them.

You have to take it upon yourself and preserve and can foods that you'll want for the winter.

When you have good ingredients, cooking doesn't require a lot of instruction because you can never go very wrong.

We eat every day, and if we do it in a way that doesn't recognize value, it's contributing to the destruction of our culture and of agriculture. But if it's done with a focus and care, it can be a wonderful thing. It changes the quality of your life.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.