When I wrote 'Barefoot in Paris,' I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French classics.

When I wrote 'Barefoot in Paris,' I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French classics.

My extravagance is my garden - it's the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure.

I've lived in the Hamptons since 1978, when I first bought my store Barefoot Contessa.

It's so important that you don't put the stuffing in the bird, where in order for the stuffing to get cooked you have to overcook the turkey. It's better to do it on the side.

All my life I dreamed of an apartment in Paris where I could cook, and now I have one, on the Left Bank.

Fun is the most important. If you do stuff for money, it never works out.