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" I prefer dark chocolate. I like French over Belgian... Valrhona is the best. "

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" Whenever a chef cooks for his own ego rather than his guests, he/she set themselves up for ridicule and failure. In the end, it's the service industry. Our goal is to make our guests happy through our cooking. "

" When I was a kid, I would come home from school, and my mom would buy the industrial-size Famous Amos cookies or Chips Ahoy when I was lucky. And I would sit in front of the TV set with a glass of milk... and I would dump cookies in there, smash them with my spoon, and eat cookies and milk with a spoon watching 'The Dukes of Hazzard.' "

" I see myself as half country boy and half city boy, so I need both to balance me out. I couldn't spend all of my time in either place. "

" If you would ask me some of the ingredients that people are surprised by that could appear on my menu are such things as bleu cheese, vegetables like parsnips and rutabaga, bacon, pork fat, fois gras, truffles, and olives. "

" I didn't come from a wealthy family. My dad told us if we wanted spending money, we had to earn it. So I developed an early work ethic. "

" The inspiring thing is that people are often more experimental with their desserts than other courses. It allows me to be more creative and excite people. "

" For me, some things, like, I just don't want to know what they are before I eat them. Like, if you're going to start feeding me, like, sexual organs of animals, or, like, a monkey's brain or something - I'll eat it. Just don't tell me what it is until after I've finished it. "

" Baking is about multi-tasking. If you are organized and prepared, that's half the battle. "

" A pastry chef's lifespan in a restaurant is limited. You have to open a bakery or pastry shop. There's only so far you can go in a restaurant. "

" I played every sport in high school for one year. If I couldn't be great at it, I quit. I would rather not do it than be average. "

" We never really know what people are capable of until the only person they can rely on is themselves. "

" As most people will tell you, the best pies have the best crusts. It has to be tender, flaky, and full of flavor. That is the key to a great pie. "

" I love pies of all types. I especially love rhubarb. I grew up with rhubarb growing on our property, and my mom would make rhubarb pies and jam. I have to admit, though, my earliest memories of rhubarb were not fond ones, but over time, I grew to love it. "

" You can tell a lot about your cooks' personalities by their music collection. I personally have such an eclectic collection, partly due to the combining of music libraries with girlfriends past. "

" Plain sugar cookies, no matter how well they are made, are a bit boring to me. "

" I dislike cloyingly sweet desserts - sweet is not a flavor - so I suggest dialing back the sweetness and focusing on what the dessert is about, whether it is a ripe fruit, chocolate, etc. "

" I am classically trained in French pastry, but I am American and have a natural curiosity and playfulness that comes through in my cooking. I like to present flavors that people are familiar with in unique combinations and forms that may surprise them. "

" I love biscuits. I have a real thing for a biscuits, and if it's not made right, I'm gonna come down hard on somebody. "

" I drink at least a couple of espressos every day and love the flavor of coffee. "

" If I can't do something and excel at it and do it well, I have a tendency to give up on it really easy. "

" As chefs, especially pastry chefs, your creativity plays such an important part in your daily work. We truly do have a blank canvas to work with every time we create a new dish. "

" I want to do more TV and more books. I want to have my hand in different projects. I'm way too hyper; I'm just one of those people who has to have a lot going on. "

" It's funny, you know, growing up, you are always introduced to people as your uncle this or your aunt that or your cousin this. By the time I was in my 20s, I had no idea who I actually was or wasn't related to. It's kind of a running joke in the family. "

" I have been a fan of the Beastie Boys ever since I can remember. I have a ton of their music on my iPod and even still have a t-shirt from a show I saw when I was a kid. "

" I have worked in kitchens since I was 15 years old and never had a break. "

" Every few years, I change my look for the simple reason that I get bored. If you Google Image me, you will see so many different looks: long hair, short hair, clean shaven, beard, etc. "

" First and foremost, food needs to be delicious. It should pop and explode with flavor. Food should please all the senses. "

" The biggest fear in my life is being mediocre. "

" As kids, my mom would always let us help bake, and if we behaved, we got to lick the beaters clean. "

" Chocolate is one of the backbones of the pastry kitchen. It is one of the most important ingredients in our pantry. It is very versatile, it is complex, and it is extremely temperamental. "