I Like Anchovies, And I

Italy Itself Has 21 Different Micro-regions. You Go Within Each Of Those Regions, There's Even Super-micro-regions; And The Beauty Is That When You Go From Place To Place, Although There's A Common Thread Of Pasta And Joie De Vivre - In The Way That They Approach Their Meals And The Simplicity Of Cooking, Celebrating More The Product Than The Chef - There's Still So Much Variety That As You Go, It's Always An Exciting Moment.

I Think That There Is Philanthropy And There Is Publicity. If You Can Marry The Two To Do Something Good, Then I Think It's Great. Some Of The Other Guys Go Around And Slag People As A Profession. That's Not So Interesting To Me, Because It's Easy To Take Down, It's Harder To Build.

I Love Simple Food. I Like To Serve The Entire Animal, Not Only Because It Somehow Provokes A Customer To Think About It, But Also Because To Honor Of The Animal That Has Been Killed For Us To Eat, You Have To Eat The Whole Thing. It Would Be Silly To Just Eat The Chops And Throw Everything Else Away.

Everyone Makes Pesto In A Food Processor. But The Texture Is Better With A Mortar And Pestle, And It's Just As Fast.

The Hardest Part Of Anything Is Making A Dish Consistently Great - You Order It Seven Years Later, If It's Still On The Menu, And It's Still As Good As What You Remember.