Being an Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef, there's nothing traditional about my Thanksgiving spread.
Many a death was precipitated by the food, the job, or the medication whose main function was to postpone it.
To want to own a restaurant can be a strange and terrible affliction. What causes such a destructive urge in so many otherwise sensible people? Why would anyone who has worked hard, saved money, often...
I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas - fat, drugged, and completely out of it.
I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an albino African frog named Whitey, a bonsai tree, four Venus flytrap...
You hit a certain age and - especially because of TV - the young cooks coming up say, 'You're a sellout, because you're doing something other than what you should be doing.' 'Top Chef' is a double-edg...
If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.
We can't all be bakers or chefs. Many of us have modest ambitions. But we can all buy a piece of the pie.
Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime. Old garlic, burnt garlic, garlic cut too long ago and garlic that has been tragically...
I learned so much from 'Iron Chef' about ingredients, about the courage to put yourself out there.
The type of cuisine I do, especially after being on 'Iron Chef' for several years, is a lot of global cuisine. My strength has always been Mediterranean cuisine across the board from Morocco, Spain, I...
