An awful lot of people think it's easy to lift recipes out.

Every day holds the possibility of a miracle.

I would probably never have learned to cook.

Even more then long hours in the kitchen, fine meals require ingenious organization and experience which is a pleasure to acquire.

Some sensible person once remarked that you spend the whole of your life either in your bed or in your shoes. Having done the best you can by shoes and bed, devote all the time and resources at your disposal to the building up of a fine kitchen. It will be, as it should be, the most comforting and comfortable room in the house.

Provence is a country to which I am always returning, next week, next year, any day now, as soon as I can get on a train.

An awful lot of people think it's easy to lift recipes out.