Few things are more beautiful to me than a bunch of thuggish, heavily tattooed line cooks moving around each other like ballerinas on a busy Saturday night. Seeing two guys who'd just as soon cut each other's throats in their off hours moving in unison with grace and ease can be as uplifting as any chemical stimulant or organized religion.

The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones (ed. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2008) - ISBN: 9781596917217