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" I hate to say 'chain restaurant,' but we're sort of a corporation now. How do we defy that concept, where people assume each restaurant can't be good? "

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" Be careful what you wish for - getting to be a successful business and maintaining it is so hard. Anyone can be good one night; being good over several years is incredibly difficult. "

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" One of the benefits to ordering food in New York is that you can get food 24/7. "

" My dad was in the restaurant business, but I didn't really think about following him. Had I done better at school, I don't know if I would have been a chef. "

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" I'm not cooking every day anymore, and that's the biggest withdrawal. Cooking is honest work. Now I don't know how to measure myself. "

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" I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even considered it. I've assumed, of course, that people do such things. "

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" Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for. "

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