Eating is an environmental act.

I have a love affair with tomatoes and corn. I remember them from my childhood. I only had them in the summer. They were extraordinary.

Always explore your garden and go to the market before you decide what cook.

Eating is an environmental act.

It is a fundamental fact that no cook, however creative and capable, can produce a dish of a quality any higher than that of its raw ingredients.

It's a comfort to always find pasta in the cupboard and garlic and parsley in the garden.

Because only slow food can teach us the things that really matter - care, beauty, concentration, discernment, sensuality, all the best that humans are capable of, but only if we take the time to think about what we're eating.