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

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" I'm not a religious person by any means. "

" The last thing I'm gonna do is, 'This is dynamite!' That's not my gig, man. I love the mom-and-pop joints. I love giving them recognition, but I'm not gonna blow smoke. We walked out of locations; we've changed locations. "

" If you're cooking and not making mistakes, you're not playing outside your safety zone. I don't expect it all to be good. I have fat dogs because I scrap that stuff out the back door. "

" I'm a big eater in terms that l love flavor, but I don't like to eat a lot of one thing. I like to eat a little bit. "

" I'm not a greasy food guy. I don't eat like that. "

" When I was 12, we began hosting exchange students from Norway, Sweden, Japan and Spain. I soon realized there was a whole world out there. I was determined to spend my sophomore year in high school abroad. My school taught only Spanish, but I wanted to go to France, and I did. "

" I don't eat sweets. I'm not a big dessert guy. "

" I'm a stocky 210 pounds. "

" I definitely eat in moderation and exercise. "

" What you see is what you get with me. There's no show. "

" Anybody that pays attention to hate really is wasting their time. I don't subscribe. I don't buy in. "

" My first words were always about food - I grew up in northern California, and when I was 10 years old, I had my own pretzel cart business. "

" Why can't we have a concert with food? Your typical cooking demonstration, there's just no enthusiasm. There's no energy behind it. I said, 'What if we take a cooking demonstration and fortify it with a lot of good music? ... Drive it to the next level?' "

" People are very phobic about fish. And if they do cook fish, they fry it, which kills all the flavor. "

" 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. "

" My stay-married secret would probably be exercising good communication, not when you have to but all the time. I think if you do that, you kinda just cleanse the situations, so there's not build up. I think that's probably the best way to do it. "

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

" People get a little bolder and more wild in summer. You've got things going on kabobs, things cooking on the bone. There's something about standing over a grill or outside with the family that inspires us. "

" Your classic guacamole is just avocados, lime juice, and salt. "

" If you've really got a problem with me, and you came and told me you had a problem with me, I'd be interested to listen to you. But if you're just some loser that sits there and hammers away on some blog form or whatever, I don't have time for that. Why even worry about it? "

" 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. "

" Everybody has their role in the food world and what they choose to appreciate. I'm not a fine dining chef. I appreciate it. I think Thomas Keller is amazing. But I really like where I'm at; I like what I do. I like how it makes people feel. "

" I never try and do the same show, ever. The audience controls the dynamic of the shows. Sometimes they listen, and sometimes they ask a million questions. "

" Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working! "

" There are two different things: there's grilling, and there's barbecue. Grilling is when people say, 'We're going to turn up the heat, make it really hot and sear a steak, sear a burger, cook a chicken.' Barbecue is going low and slow. "

" I really believe you've gotta put the power in the people. They're the ones who are gonna make the experience. "

" 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. "

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