American - Chef | August 2, 1958 -
It's just an American tradition to make sure people don't leave hungry. The worst thing is to have them say, 'Great dinner, but now I have to go get a burger.'
Tom Douglas
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Some of the best things you do are the things you don't do.
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I can't believe how many people don't have time to cook but have time to watch football and 'The Voice.' They're certainly making a choice.
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We've become such a restaurant society.
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The two things that are going to make you a better baker without even trying are a scale and a thermometer in your oven.
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I didn't go to university. I didn't go to culinary school, barely made it through high school.
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I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del.
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I don't answer my phone in a restaurant.
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Support a small chef. Not these big chains... but support the people who are out there trying to do things right and working hard to do that.
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The key to great fried squid is 'flash-frying' in hot oil for only a few minutes, which keeps it tender.
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The simplest way to prepare Dungeness crabs is to boil them in the shell and set them in front of your guests with crab crackers or crab hammers, cocktail forks, and plenty of napkins.
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Some versions of crab cakes are mostly crabmeat lightly bound with egg, but I'm a firm believer that a crab cake should contain bread crumbs.
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