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

For some obscure reason, some authorities seem bent on making the drinking of wine a ritual more complicated than chess. They have succeeded in inhibiting a large section of the public and depriving them of one of the greatest pleasures known to man.

Cooking done with care is an act of love.

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.

Nothing rekindles my spirits, gives comfort to my heart and mind, more than a visit to Mississippi... and to be regaled as I often have been, with a platter of fried chicken, field peas, collard greens, fresh corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes with French dressing... and to top it all off with a wedge of freshly baked pecan pie.

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