I still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It's not a job, it's a passion. When you become good at it, it's a dream job and financially you need never to worry. Ever.
It's vulgar, coming from where I do, to talk about money.
The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.
My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school.
There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.
I'm not trying to take New York by storm. I just want to sneak in there, keep my head down, batten down the hatches and cook.
