I woke up on May 15, 1991, the day of my Barnard graduation, and I said to myself, 'By the end of today you will decide what you want to do with the rest of your life.'

Winter blues are cured every time with a potato gratin paired with a roast chicken.

I used to sleep with the phone right by my pillow but I'm getting better. Now it sits on the table a few feet away.

I woke up on May 15, 1991, the day of my Barnard graduation, and I said to myself, 'By the end of today you will decide what you want to do with the rest of your life.'

My father always said, 'If you love what you do, you won't mind slogging through it for several hours a day.

I don't show just anyone how to crust a sea bass. That's sacred information.

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