“I do not believe in eating fish hot. People always insist on hot fish,...” — Geoffrey Zakarian Quote

I do not believe in eating fish hot. People always insist on hot fish, but that leaves it dried out.

Determine who you are and what your brand is, and what you're not. The rest of it is just a lot of noise.

How you treat the quiet, shy types is the most important. If you leave them to sit in a corner, they will be noticed, and it will affect everyone's time. I instantly spring on them and treat them as royalty, showing them around and introducing them to everyone so they seem special.

When you have a chef that wants to be in the spotlight, maybe after one or two appearances on a show, they think they're at a certain level that they haven't reached yet in the kitchen. Shows like 'Top Chef', 'Hell's Kitchen' have helped bring attention to the culinary world.

I was emotionally and spiritually dried up, so I was just searching for God.

This is what I spend money on, dried fruit.

I'm a mushroom freak. I make a mushroom soup where I use maybe six or seven varieties, not just portobello and shiitake, but dried porcini and morels.

One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.

Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.