I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.
James BeardIโve long said that if I were about to be executed and were given a choice of my last meal, it would be bacon and eggs.
James BeardIf I had to narrow my choice of meats down to one for the rest of my life, I am quite certain that meat would be pork.
James BeardWhen I walk into a market I may see a different cut of meat or an unusual vegetable and think, โI wonder how it would be if I took the recipe for that sauce I had in Provence and put the two together?โ So I go home and try it out. Sometimes my idea is a success and sometimes it is a flop, but that is how recipes are born. There really are not recipes, only millions of variations sparked by someoneโs imagination and desire to be a little creative and different. American cooking is built, after all, on variations of old recipes from around the world.
James Beard