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"Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period."
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"My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves."

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"And this one I wanted to do some covers. So I just really sang some of my favorite songs."

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"I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!"


"My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so it's refreshing and fun to be in a space where you can do contemporary things."


"It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef."


"I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to new cuisines and to the idea of cooking as a mechanism for studying other cultures and understanding other parts of the world."


"I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles."


"However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about."
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