When I started publishing, I got offers to write for big magazines. But I would always say, "Well, it's not that I don't want to write for these big magazines, but you can't edit it."

People have been cooking and eating for thousands of years, so if you are the very first to have thought of adding fresh lime juice to scalloped potatoes try to understand that there must be a reason for this.

Cold soup is a very tricky thing and it is a rare hostess who can carry it off. More often than not the dinner guest is left with the impression that had he only come a little earlier he could have gotten it while it was still hot.

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

Marriage entitles women to the protection of a strong man who will steady the stepladder while they paint the kitchen ceiling.

Even when America is not working that well, it still works better than other places.

How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses.