"I'm actually a little bit old school. I may be living in the lap of luxury now, but I didn't grow up that way. I learned the art with hand-me-downs and thrift store bargains." And a lot of creativity on top of that.

"That's the cool thing about food. It's got so much range. And it doesn't have to be crazy elaborate to be good. Some of the most timeless recipes to ever exist are also the simplest." Max is letting his nerd really show now. He could wax on about it for a while so it's a good thing she threw a verbal roadblock in his way.

"When you say dragon, do you mean, like... " he opens his arms and pretends to flap them like giant dragon wings until he remembers DUH she's blind. She can't see that. "Like mythical dragons as big as castles. Those kind of dragons?"