I think mediums like the Internet and television are providing increased interest in cooking, chefs and food, which are all great to see.

There is a lot of interest in Asian cooking. Quite a few non-Asians have been shopping here.

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

They have no electric, no nothing. And they're cooking food by the pots out on their grills. And they're just overly friendly here. And here they're the ones that are basically down and out.

No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.

Lunt was trained as a chef. He liked to use fresh food in his cooking.