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

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

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.

In a house without a genuine kitchen, one of the delights of growing up is lost.

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.

If 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.

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.