He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing the gospel of good cooking to the home table.

Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.

Man is born to eat

When she goes about her kitchen duties, chopping, carving, mixing, whisking, she moves with the grace and precision of a ballet dancer, her fingers plying the food with the dexterity of a croupier.

Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting.

A lot of it was lifestyle. There's an affinity for cooking and culinary arts as well as cycling and the outdoors. We also found that it's not just about price: Customers care about quality and how these solutions fit into someone's life.