Too few people understand a really good sandwich.

I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.

When I walk into a market I may see a different cut of meat or an unusual vegetable and think, ‘I wonder how it would be if I took the recipe for that sauce I had in Provence and put the two together?’ 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 someone’s 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.

Be simple. Be honest. Don't overcook and don't undercook, but it's better to undercook than overcook.

Too many simple green salads suffer from a lack of imagination.

Good cheese needs good companions.

The roe of the Russian sturgeon has probably been present at more important international affairs than have all the Russian dignitaries of history combined. This seemingly simple article of diet has taken its place in the world along with pearls, sables, old silver, and Cellini cups.