Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.

Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or two of hot toast, a pot of steaming Darjeeling tea, and you may tell the butler to dispense with the caviar, truffles and nightingales' tongues.

Cooking is at once one of the simplest and most gratifying of the arts, but to cook well one must love and respect food.

I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.

There is nothing better on a cold wintry day than a properly made pot pie.

Almost every profession has an outstanding training ground. The military has West Point, music has Juilliard, and the culinary arts has The Institute.

Cooking done with care is an act of love.