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

Never let 'em see you sweat. Guests feel guilty if they think you've worked too hard to make dinner for them - which of course you have!

People have more fun if they don't eat so much they have to be taken home in an ambulance.

The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe it's something I had as a child or maybe it's something I had in Milan, but I want it to taste better than you ever thought.

Anyone who tries to make brownies without butter should be arrested.

I like almonds as a snack - keeps your energy up but doesn't fill you up.

I've taught myself how to use good, fresh ingredients and to prepare them as simply as possible by cooking only to enhance their intrinsic flavors.