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

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.

I was a Republican until I got to New York and had to live on $18 a week. It was then that I became a Democrat.

Many of the delicious soups you eat in French homes and little restaurants are made just this way, with a leek-and-potato base to which leftover vegetables or sauces and a few fresh items are added.

The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.

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

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.