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

If you have never tasted a braised vegetable, you'll find it is a revelation.

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.

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.

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.

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