I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy - and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time.

Good service can save a bad meal, but there is no level of food that can save bad service.

It's funny, when you look back in history books or American cookery books, one of the reasons that the quinces and cranberries are used so often is because of their natural jelling properties.

Remember, America: organization will set you free.

Jeff Smith was the Julia Child of my generation. When his television show, 'The Frugal Gourmet,' made its debut on PBS in the 1980s, it conveyed such genuine enthusiasm for cooking that I was moved for the first time to slap down cold cash for a collection of recipes.

I'm like a really goofy home ec teacher.

All that [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating.