Hands are our earliest tools. Cooking starts with the hands which are so sensitive that when they touch something they transmit messages to your brain about texture and temperature.

Goodness, how much there is to learn about food!

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.

I don't like gourmet cooking or 'this' cooking or 'that' cooking. I like good cooking.

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

I'm really enamored of the potato in all its guises.

It is true thrift to use the best ingredients available and to waste nothing.