I'm a beet freak. I put them in the pressure cooker.

If you're buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or above, particularly during the growing season, because that's when they develop their flavor.

I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well.

Just like becoming an expert in wine, you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford.

Sometimes ... it takes me an entire day to write a recipe, to communicate it correctly. It's really like writing a little short story.

People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry and unloving and don't have a real gusto for life.

I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.