Alexandra Guarnaschelli

My reasons for becoming a chef are somewhat of a cliche. I always loved to eat but it was watching my parents cook that really served as the impetus for my career choice.

I bent my head over a stove in my early 20s and picked it up in my 30s.

If you want to have a relationship, at some point you have to let yourself get caught. That's what I did. I got caught.

When information is infinite, individual pieces of information are worth nothing.

Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is thin.

Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish.