The tomato hides its griefs. Internal damage is hard to spot.

It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.

If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done.

You have to eat to cook. You can't be a good cook and be a noneater. I think eating is the secret to good cooking.

Was it a sign of Creeping Decrepitude?

Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That's what appealed to me.

You don’t spring into good cooking naked. You have to have some training. You have to learn how to eat.