Cooking may be a creative art, but it's also a wonderful full-time hobby.

Tears mess up your makeup.

Learn how to cook! That's the way to save money. You don't save it buying hamburger helpers, and prepared foods; you save it by buying fresh foods in season or in large supply, when they are cheapest and usually best, and you prepare them from scratch at home. Why pay for someone else's work, when if you know how to do it, you can save all that money for yourself?

I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say 'him' rather than 'her.' Maybe it's because of my generation, but I don't like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male.

In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal.

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made. Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.