My sister and I cooked a lot together; my sister was a very healthy vegetarian. She was always a real good teacher for me about organics, recycling, composting -whenever you hear me talk about it, it's usually because of my sister's influence.

A good teacher is a determined person.

I always tell my family - and they laugh about it - but someday, I will write a vegetarian book. My cousin, who's a big vegetarian, tells me flat out, 'You're my favorite vegetarian chef.'

There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.

A successful teacher is one who has atleast 2 students in his class, one who sees no reason to study, does not want to study and is the quickest to close his books and another who feels he has everything to study for. If a teacher can produce such 2 students in every class of his, then he is a good teacher if not the best.