I like to talk about food, ingredients, and how to adapt recipes. It's a dialogue.

I always preferred my father's pasta the next day, when he'd put it in a hot oven with heaps of extra cheese. It would emerge slightly burned and very crisp on top.

Mothers and grandmothers: these are the people that I admire most, not so much chefs.

One man's trash is another man's treasure, and the by-product from one food can be perfect for making another.

The smells of slow cooking spread around the house and impart a unique warmth matched only by the flavour of the food.

Amaranth, the world's most nutritious grain, is available from health food stores.

Food can bring people together in a way nothing else could.