When you flip anything, you really you just have to have the courage of your convictions.

Cooking is one failure after another, and that's how you finally learn.

A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.

No one's more important than people.

Anything that says 'healthy' I say away from... Giving up butter, for instance, means that in about two years you will be covered in dandruff.

Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous time!

Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to fix one's mistakes, or live with them, was an important part of becoming a cook.