Nina knows more about Chinese cooking than all of us combined because she's studied it.

When we decode a cookbook, every one of us is a practicing chemist. Cooking is really the oldest, most basic application of physical and chemical forces to natural materials.

I'm a terrible cook, at our house dinner time is a chicken wing and a prayer.

Walnuts are a delicacy in China. They are expensive.

While many of us enjoy the nostalgia of grandmother's cooking, we can't imagine living without the comforts of the modern kitchen. Our goal is to provide consumers new and creative ways to make life in the kitchen easier.

When I came to the Food Network, I didn't want to do a cooking show. I told Kathleen Finch for nine months I didn't want to do a cooking show, I wanted to do a home-and-garden show.