I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy. |
I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment. The whole place revolves around it. |
I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff! |
If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me. |
In actuality, there was casting for the show and it was pretty difficult. |
It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef. |
Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day. |
My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so it's refreshing and fun to be in a space where you can do contemporary things. |
No, Queer Eye has a book coming out before mine, in the Spring of 2004, in which each of us has a section and we do a brief overview of our subject area. |
Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal. |
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a good story, it has to be funny, and it also needs to be packed with useful information. |
Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period. |
Six months ago, I was just a writer for Esquire, typing up in my little garret on the far north side of Chicago, and no one had any idea who I was. |
The blood orange is a wonderful and beautiful juice. The survey found a lot of people really appreciated tart flavors. |
The funny thing about Thanksgiving, or any huge meal, is that you spend 12 hours shopping for it and then chopping and cooking and braising and blanching. Then it takes 20 minutes to eat it and everybody sort of sits around in a food coma, and then it takes four hours to clean it up. |