I know once people get connected to real food, they never change back.

I can remember the three restaurant experiences of my childhood. All I wanted to do on my birthday was to go to the Automat in New York... but I don't know if you consider that a real restaurant.

The act of eating is very political. You buy from the right people, you support the right network of farmers and suppliers who care about the land and what they put in the food.

I feel like old age in America is a very sad thing. I have been many different places around the world where getting older is something you look forward to.

A whole set of values comes with fast food: Everything should be fast, cheap and easy; there's always more where that came from; there are no seasons; you shouldn't be paid very much for preparing food. It's uniformity and a lack of connection.

We have to bring children into a new relationship to food that connects them to culture and agriculture.

I feel that good food should be a right and not a privilege, and it needs to be without pesticides and herbicides. And everybody deserves this food. And that's not elitist.

I think health is the outcome of finding a balance and some satisfaction at the table.

It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.

I feel like old age in America is a very sad thing. I have been many different places around the world where getting older is something you look forward to.