I’ve 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.

Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.

The only thing that will make a souffle fall is if it knows you're afraid of it.

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

I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.

The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it… If you’re convinced that cooking is drudgery, you’re never going to be good at it, and you might as well warm up something frozen.

It's foolish to go through life bemoaning the fact that you can't have this or that. Twaddle! You can omit certain foods and still enjoy eating.