Phil Rosenthal

But food, I didn't know what the only spice in the house was salt.

And it wasn't until I left that house that I had food with what we call flavor.

And when I went to Europe, when I was in my early twenties, I got a courier flight to Europe for free.

And that was, you know, changed my life because I realized literally there's a whole world out there.

And just having a baguette with some cheese in the park, which is all I could afford, was mind blowing.

I'm in Paris.

And then Florence on that first trip.

It tasted really good also, in addition to those things.

Freedom, adulthood, how great the world is, how big the world is, how beautiful the world is, and delicious.

So now it became a passion.

It's almost like, you know the music that you grew up with when it hit you when you were a teenager?

That's still your favorite music, right?

So for me, that was music.

that food because I didn't really have it.

It was like a light bulb went off.

You're right.

My parents had the time-life books of the different cities of the world and I would look at them.

I thought they were amazing.

I mean, think how quaint that is today, a book with pictures of different cities in the world.

When everything's available on your phone, you can go anywhere and see everything if you want.