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" I was $4,000 short on my first payroll. "

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" I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del. "

" I pay a living wage, I believe in healthcare, I declare all my income, and I don't cut corners. "

" Mastering one recipe is better than mastering too many. Learn something and own it, and you'll feel so much better about it. You'll have more confidence if you've made it five times, and that confidence adds so much fun to cooking. "

" If you don't have the confidence in baking, commit to making the recipe three times. The first two, do it exactly the way I've told you to make it. Twice. The first time you'll screw it up. The second time it will come out pretty good, and then the third time, make your adjustments. "

" When you watch 'Shark Tank,' everything is about off-shore this, off-shore that. "

" If deep-frying catfish, try a dredge of seasoned flour and cornmeal and add some bacon fat to the oil. "

" Ling cod is a mild-flavored and somewhat delicate fish that takes well to poaching, braising and pan-roasting. "

" I have a good flavor memory. "

" Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor. "

" The classic Italian green sauce, salsa verde, is easy to make and especially nice in the spring when bunches of fresh herbs start appearing in the farmers market or in your garden. "

" I eat out at least once every day. "

" At the fishmonger, choose fish with bright scales and clear eyes. "

" Salsa verde is delicious with trout or most any fish. "

" The best meal I was served was ribollita, an Italian bread soup at the Castello di Ama winery in Tuscany. I usually hate ribollita, and the people I was traveling with thought I was crazy for ordering it. "

" Around the time I opened my second restaurant, Etta's, I had just finished judging at the Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ Championship in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Back home in Seattle, my goal was to recreate the sweet and smoky taste of that BBQ using our local wild king salmon instead of pig. "

" I'm just sick of food going in the garbage. "

" Pork is my friend. "

" Albacore tuna has a mild flavor that's delicious served raw or seared briefly on the outside so that it's still rare on the inside. "

" Every cook I knows loves to make pizza. "

" I didn't go to university. I didn't go to culinary school, barely made it through high school. "

" Cooking with your kids is a remarkable exercise to let them in on the purchasing part of the process - kids love to shop, and its great to take them to these ethnic places where people don't always speak the language. "

" Farm to table is a personal choice. "

" In the restaurant business, there's the concept of pivot. Pivot to the stove, pivot to the refrigerator. "

" The state of Washington calls tips 'wages.' "

" After being cooked, ling cod tends to bleed out some moisture, so, before serving, let it rest a few moments on a plate. Once the moisture has been released, you can carefully pick up the fillet with a slotted spatula and transfer it to another plate for saucing. This way, you won't sog out your beautiful sauce. "

" I think about sustainability all the time, whether it's with fish or farmers in Eastern Oregon. "

" My dad never explained anything growing up. "

" I'm a compassionate person, so if a product is 15 percent more than what I typically pay, and I see the purpose, I'll foster that kind of sustainability for the farmers/fishers. "

" I want to do the basic things, like putting my daughter to bed. It's the sweetest thing. "