There are so many reasons to cook and bake. Yes, good food is certainly one of them, but so is the sense of satisfaction you get when you make something with your own hands, when you know that you can take care of yourself and feed yourself well and when you know that you can take care of and feed others.

The food world is more crowded these days, but I think that there are more opportunities.

Real French people don't bake! At least they don't bake anything complicated, finicky, tricky or unreliable.

I often say that eggs and sugar should be beaten until they thicken and pale and sometimes, when there are lots of yolks, that's lemon colored.

I don't know if there's a method that I'd like to see younger people bring back, I just want to see everyone of every age in the kitchen.

Anything you make in a 'normal' sized loaf pan can be made in the longer pan - you just have to increase the recipe proportionately.

Do the work you are most proud of