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

A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.

Nothing is quite as intoxicating as the smell of bacon frying in the morning, save perhaps the smell of coffee brewing.

The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it.

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

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.

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