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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I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really...

I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really...

For each episode the five of us are all wearing clothes by the same designer....

For each episode the five of us are all wearing clothes by the same designer....

Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal.

Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal.

I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment....

I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment....

My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary...

My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary...

I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal...

I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal...

I am much more interested in the process than results.

I am much more interested in the process than results.

My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches,...

My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches,...

I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping...

I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping...

If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.

If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.

I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of...

I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of...

The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with...

The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with...

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Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to...

Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period.

Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period.

Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.

Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.

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Thom is one of those wonderful people to cook for because he absolutely loves it,...

You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to...

You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to...

No, Queer Eye has a book coming out before mine, in the Spring of 2004,...

No, Queer Eye has a book coming out before mine, in the Spring of 2004,...

Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every...

Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every...

I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.

I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.