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

People were hysterical about Communism the way people today are hysterical about flag burning. I'm really against these people who try to show that they're great patriots, because they're not thinking, they're just being hysterical.

Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.

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.

The egg can be your best friend if you just give it the right break

My father was in charge of managing the farm.

Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms.