The reality of America is mass-market stupidity.

The true Axis of Evil in America is the genius of our marketing combined with the stupidity of our people.

We're the geniuses of the house because only a person intelligent as we could fake such stupidity.

The commonplace about Italian cooking is that it's very simple; in practice, the simplicity needs to be learned, and the best way to learn it is to go to Italy and see it firsthand.

Bahia is the Amazon's geographical next-of-kin: the same climate, forest canopy, diverse floor. But there is no wild cacao; the tree was introduced, most likely by a Frenchman, Louis Frederick Warneaux, who, in 1746, sowed seeds near one of Bahia's large rivers.

Gordon Ramsay, the only chef in London honored with three stars by the 'Guide Michelin,' is not a monster.