The restaurant chefs in Spain are breaking ground, but in terms of the everyday cooking in Spain I still hear people coming back and saying they were disappointed. I think it's because they're expecting the chef stuff.

We're disappointed, because so many people at this place have put so much into it. It's sobering to hear people tell you why they don't agree with you.

I'm mostly disturbed 'n stuff by people saying, 'Shut up, we don't want to hear you, you freak.' That would bother anyone, ... You'd be offended, too. We have the right as human beings to share our opinions.

I don't think many people noticed it. You couldn't hear it because the orchestra was also playing.

A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that was not a chef's book about improvising but a real home cook's book with a real home cook's pantry, supermarket ingredients, that sort of thing.

So many people think they need to have serious equipment. In the magazines and the media, they see all this stylish stuff, especially on TV, and they think, That's what I need to make it work. You don't. I'm attempting a little bit of liberation here.