If he is thin, I will probably dine poorly. If he is both thin and sad, the only hope is in flight.

There are many people who claim to be good cooks; just as there are many people who, after having repainted the garden gate take themselves to be painters.

A good apprentice cook must be as polite with the dishwasher as with the chef.

In all professions without doubt, but certainly in cooking one is a student all his life.

Cooking is for capturing the taste of the food and then enhancing it, as a composer may take a theme and then delight us with his variations.

Cuisine is not invariable like a Codex formula. But one must guard against tampering with the essential bases.

Before judging a thin man, one must get some information. Perhaps he was once fat.