'The Food Network' was just starting in New York and I was getting lots of attention from Mesa Grill. They had no money so if you couldn't get there by subway you couldn't be on. It wasn't like TV was something I really wanted to do – but I knew it would be great publicity for my restaurants.
When I go to a restaurant I eat three-quarters of the food in front of me. That cuts my calorie intake by 25 percent.
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I wasn't passionate about food until I'd been cooking for a while. I started long before food became part of the mainstream media. I just wanted to cook period.
