All my life I dreamed of an apartment in Paris where I could cook, and now I have one, on the Left Bank.
You don't have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry!
With more and more fast food available, it takes an extra effort to cook delicious, healthy meals. I have always been a proponent of simple, easy food that doesn't take forever to cook so you really can eat well at home.
I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself.
Every once in a while, a cookbook comes along that simply knocks me out.
My mother would never let me in the kitchen. I always wanted to cook, but I was never allowed to. Her view of the world was, "Cooking is my job, and studying is your job." I think, in retrospect, she didn't like the chaos. She was very orderly. It had to be her way.