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

I’m going to break one of the rules of the trade here. I’m going to tell you some of the secrets of improvisation. Just remember—it’s always a good idea to follow the directions exactly the first time you try a recipe. But from then on, you’re on your own.

Like the theater, offering food and hospitality to people is a matter of showmanship, and no matter how simple the performance, unless you do it well, with love and originality, you have a flop on your hands.

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

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

There is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked with high flavor. It is true thrift to use the best ingredients available and to waste nothing.

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.