With cult foods, there is an underlying assumption that the best cooking ideas came generations ago. Yet culinary innovation is nothing to be ashamed of. When a chef tells me he is cooking with his grandmother's recipe, I always wonder why. Did talent skip the past two generations?


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It's certainly not a shock to find that the industry has no imagination. I think people don'...
NATHAN LANE
Relationships, for me, have been elusive. And I would say mostly it's been my fault. I was alway...
NATHAN LANE
I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining ...
NATHAN LANE
I have my aluminum siding business, and that's going like a house afire.
NATHAN LANE
There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for tha...
NATHAN LANE
I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other.
NATHAN LANE
Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math!
NATHAN LANE
Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
NATHAN LANE
I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown.
NATHAN LANE
One of the nicest compliments I would get very often on the street is people would say, 'I love ...
NATHAN LANE
I do hope to be an adult actor. But if it doesn't work out, I've been thinking about doing s...
NATHAN KRESS
I'm a really big 'Lord of the Rings' fan. I have all the extended editions.
NATHAN KRESS
Since I was very young, probably two or three, I had really good memorization skills. I would memori...
NATHAN KRESS
My biggest hobby is airsoft, which is similar to paintball. Essentially, it's military simulatio...
NATHAN KRESS
I do enjoy playing some sports, even though none of them are organized. I enjoy football most of all...
NATHAN KRESS
I'm thankful to say that I already have my dream job. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
NATHAN KRESS
My new obsession is 'Storage Wars.' I don't know how such a simple show concept can be s...
NATHAN KRESS
I got good grades in math, but I never really enjoyed it. My favorite part of math was algebra, but ...
NATHAN KRESS
I'm an outdoorsy guy, but I also enjoy the average teenager stuff - video games, movies, hanging...
NATHAN KRESS
My favorite thing about acting is that I can play all kinds of different people. Frankly, I don'...
NATHAN KRESS
I definitely feel like kids do look up to me as a potential role model. It's an honor, but it ca...
NATHAN KRESS
Everyone else in the 'iCarly' cast can operate on 5 hours of sleep, but not so for 'Old ...
NATHAN KRESS
I don't want to be on anyone's board. I just want to have good investments.
NATHAN KIRSH
Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - ...
NATHAN KIRSH
All of my businesses are profitable.
NATHAN KIRSH
I want money; I just don't want that money lying around.
NATHAN KIRSH
I like to see a tidy shop, and I want to see my investments well managed.
NATHAN KIRSH
My brain is like a hard drive. Once you start adding new information, you start cutting off old info...
NATHAN FILLION
I love 'Strange Brew'. I quote that movie all the time, and no one knows what I'm talkin...
NATHAN FILLION
My guiltiest pleasure? 'Untamed & Uncut'. Videos of people being attacked by animals. Ye...
NATHAN FILLION
I'm comfortable only when there's a mutual attraction. That's what anyone wants. If I fi...
NATHAN FILLION
I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I ...
NATHAN FILLION
No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thi...
NATHAN FILLION
I don't expect anybody to know who I am.
NATHAN FILLION
I'm the biggest geek of all. Adventure, fantasy, comic books - I can't get enough.
NATHAN FILLION
Oh, boy. I'm still in touch with about 90 percent of my exes. They would describe me as being un...
NATHAN FILLION
I told myself a while back, 'Love what you do, but don't fall in love with what you do.'...
NATHAN FILLION
You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have...
NATHAN FILLION
I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing a...
NATHAN FILLION
I want my job to include a little adventure, a little more of a heightened reality than what I'm...
NATHAN FILLION
You know, Castle, like anyone else, is a human being first. If you take a human being - especially a...
NATHAN FILLION
You know, Castle's the kind of guy that when he meets somebody, that's a connection for him....
NATHAN FILLION
I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.
NATHAN FILLION
I tell you, 'Firefly'? Best job I ever had. Heartbroken when it was canceled, but had it not...
NATHAN FILLION
I've got a fantastic life. I enjoy what I do for a living. I see the blessings; I'm not blin...
NATHAN FILLION
It's a trap I've fallen into earlier in my career - trying to be liked. Don't do it. Whe...
NATHAN FILLION
You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually ver...
NATHAN FILLION
I'm constantly pitching one episode where we see life through Castle's eyes. I think Castle&...
NATHAN FILLION
I don't spend a lot of time online. My mother's really good at picking out if she sees a rea...
NATHAN FILLION
I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.
NATHAN FILLION
I like to say there's certain things you can't take back: One of them is 'I love you,...
NATHAN FILLION