There is no technique, there is just the way to do it.
Now, are we going to measure or are we going to cook?

I think I went to Italy initially for the art, architecture, food and history, but I stayed there because of the people in Cortona.

Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I did was put my little basil plants in the ground and watch them turn into big, healthy bushes.

There are reasons we congregate in these hot spots- to worship beauty and to feel its effects light up the electrolytes in the bloodstream.

I'm just fascinated by houses. In another life, I'd have probably trained as an architect. If I had enough money, I'd collect them like other people collect teapots. I don't know why I love them so much. I'm just very interested in the idea of a house as a metaphor for the way one lives.

In America, people are just so straightforward when they dislike things.