"Cook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other techniques, such as fish, chicken, or hamburgers. In other words be comfortable with the ingredients you are using."

"There are so many great things about this business. Almost everybody is on the same team. It is all for one-friendly competitiveness. No one is out to hurt anyone."

"I guess I fell into cooking."

"Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer."

"I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual."

"I still love making hamburgers on the grill. I guess whenever I eat them childhood memories come up for me."

"The process and the great smells it produces make everyone hungry and get everyone's mouth watering. And it gives men a chance to cook."

"If my daughter wants to get into this business, I would support that decision. She's going to have a hard time not being in it. She loves food and she's around it all the time."

"My partner and I are looking at several locations on Park Avenue South and Midtown for a new restaurant space."

"I love using gas grills because they are easier to heat and it's much easier to control the flames with a gas grill than with a charcoal fire. Grilling is not just about lighting a fire."